Daming primary school students

Chapter 515 The Invisible Hand
For a Ming emperor who often lived in the deep palace, he often couldn't remember so many officials. Most of the ministers may be just a name in the memorial.

If he can clearly understand the cabinet, Hanlin Ci officials, and ministers, he is a very good emperor!

Most ordinary people may not even remember the names of several high-ranking officials who have been promoted by the court this time.

For such an emperor to appoint all the ministers alone, even if he only cares about the senior officials, it feels like asking someone to correctly assemble hundreds of unfamiliar parts, which is really embarrassing.

So it's not that the emperor doesn't want to completely centralize power, but that he really doesn't have the energy to personally control the continuous chain changes of hundreds of positions at the same time.

That's why there was the emergence of the collective court recommendation system of courtiers. Middle and low-level officials were elected and authorized by the Ministry of Officials, and court officials of the third rank and above were elected and authorized by the court.

In addition, the governors of frontier towns were elected by the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War, and the governors of inland towns were elected by the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households.

Hanlin and the cabinet formed another system.

Anyway, no matter what, the final candidate will be reported to the emperor, and the emperor will be responsible for imperial approval or veto.

Generally speaking, the emperor would not bother to be picky if there were no particularly eye-catching people.In the eyes of the emperor, they are all parts, and whoever is an official seems to be the same.

There are only three positions closest to the emperor, the cabinet ministers, Hanlin, and Tianguan, and the emperor can appoint candidates and announce them in one sentence.

As for other situations, if the emperor particularly admires someone and wants to promote him, he must first issue an order to the Ministry of Officials and go through the procedures before appointing him. Of course, the Ministry of Officials will generally not resist the order.

The above are some brief explanations of the high-level personnel system in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. Unlike in film and television dramas, the emperor seems to be in direct control of everything.

Once you understand the meaning of Tingtui, you will know what the Tingtui in April of the 15th year of Jiajing means.

At this time, the real main course starts to be served.

As long as he has not been approved by the emperor, Zhou Yong is still the left servant of the Ministry of officials, and continues to preside over the court.

According to the process, the courtiers who participated in the court selection began to consult the candidates for the Ministry of Rites.

This time it was Wang Tingxiang who spoke first, and he said emotionally and clearly: "I recommend Yan Song, the former Minister of Rites of Nanjing."

As expected, everyone turned their heads to look at another Lord Wang.

In the last court push, this Mr. Wang, who was tagged as Master Uncle Qin Dewei, nominated Huo Tao like a flying fairy, which shocked everyone.

Even Huo Tao himself was staring at Wang Yiqi closely.

He knew that others didn't have the guts to make trouble, and his opponent Xu Zan wouldn't break the rules, only Master Qin Dewei was an unstable factor!
Wang watched the nose and heart with the eyes of the flag, and was quiet.In this kind of public occasion, always talk about political ethics and don't make fouls.

Just now Huo Tao agreed to recommend him as the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, which is considered to have responded to a request for "more money" and reached an agreement on an exchange of benefits.

Then I should stop now, and I can't force Huo Tao to become the Minister of Rites.

Xu Zan looked at Wang Tingxiang and agreed, "I heard that Yan Song is very talented and has a high reputation as a scholar. It's a good time to go to the Ministry of Rites."

Huo Tao didn't speak, it was impossible for him to directly sing praises to Xia Yan's fellow countryman.But he didn't object either, and that was enough.

One after another, people echoed and agreed, although some people came out to oppose, but it was completely meaningless, and they refuted it in a few words.

The third result of today's court push came out, the courtiers elected Yan Song as Minister of Rites.

So far, the three results that have emerged seem to be going well, a bit unlike the usual tearing pushes.

This made everyone very weird, but they also felt vaguely, as if there was an invisible hand, leading the rhythm here.

Then it will be the finale of the day, who will be the alternate official?

Not surprisingly, someone nominated Hubu Shangshu Xu Zan, and someone nominated Zuodu Censor Huo Tao.

In addition, there is a tacit understanding that there are no other candidates, and the pattern is determined to choose one of the two.

It is still the old rule that the "Qiqing" level bosses speak first.

But the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites were absent, and the Minister of the Household and the Yushi of Zuodu were nominated, so there were only three ministers of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry in the "Seven Ministers".

Zhang Zan, Minister of the Ministry of War, said without hesitation: "Mr. Huo is known for his uprightness, so he is suitable to be the slaughterer."

Wang Tingxiang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, looked between the two candidates, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Xu Situ is an old man who seeks the country, is old and respected, and has a balanced life, so he is the choice of the minister!"

In fact, for Wang Tingxiang personally, the relationship between these two people is neutral, and Xu Zan and Huo Tao have nothing to do with him.

But considering the enmity between Xia Yan, Qin Dewei and Huo Tao, and Xu Zan's support for him just now, Wang Tingxiang had no choice but to oppose Huo Tao.

Xu Zan breathed a sigh of relief, and Wang Tingxiang really supported him, otherwise there might be a little embarrassment today.

Lin Ting, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, hesitated for a while in front of everyone, and then said: "Mr. Huo stands upright, which can be used to uphold the government."

Among the three first-tier bosses, two supported Huo Tao and one supported Xu Zan.

Fortunately, Wang Tingxiang was there, otherwise it would be embarrassing if no one in the "Seven Ministers" supported Xu Zan.

But the people present were not just a few big bosses, but also many other third-rank officials, as well as Ke Dao forces.

After discussing for a while, most people supported Xu Zan, and a few supported Huo Tao.There are two main reasons for this phenomenon.

The first reason is the issue of qualifications. Huo Tao was only a Jinshi in the ninth year of Zhengde, and he has only been in this top position for 22 years.

Many of the people present were more experienced than Huo Tao, so the mood was naturally very delicate.

And Xu Zan was a Jinshi in the ninth year of Hongzhi, and has been for 40 years so far, an absolute veteran.

Although Huo Tao wants to complain more, Xia Yan has been with Zhengde for 12 years, and has been in the cabinet for less than 20 years as an official. Why don't you talk about it?
The second reason is that Huo Tao's rise to the top was purely based on great rites. He is a meritorious figure of the so-called rites school, but he is very unpopular with mainstream public opinion.

At this time, many ministers have been cleaned up so that they dare not directly attack Emperor Jiajing, but they don't mind objecting to Huo Tao.

So now this kind of situation has formed, most of the top bosses support Huo Tao, and two of the three ministers are supporters.

But among the entire group of officials, the support for Xu Zan is even louder.

Then someone said: "Then present the emperor's order!"

Someone else retorted: "Ting Tui's purpose is to publicly promote the virtuous. If you bother the emperor at every turn, what else does Ting Tui do?"

The previous people said: "According to the system, the officials of the Ministry of Officials should be arbitrarily determined by the emperor, but this time the emperor specially ordered the court to push it!"

The people behind continued to refute: "Since the emperor specially ordered the court to push, then follow the rules of the court!"

Everyone knows well that it must be helping Huo Tao by inviting the Holy Tribunal now.Because of Huo Tao's great ceremony and meritorious deeds, he is more intimate in the heart of the emperor.

Those who object to playing now and want to continue the discussion must praise the people here, after all, Xu Zan's "mass base" is better.

Comparing the two, the longer the quarrel lasts, the greater the pressure of public opinion that Huo Tao will face.

Because according to the "moral standard" of the struggle between gentlemen, if you know that you are "unpopular", you should show that you are not in love with power and take the initiative to give way to the virtuous.

Those who still insist on refusing to give way will generate double new negative public opinion.

So Huo Tao's intention was to make a quick decision, to bring the imperial power in to end the dispute, while Xu Zan wanted to fight a protracted war.

The two heroes confront each other, and the situation has reached a stalemate!

At this time, another person suddenly came out of the crowd, striding into the inner circle where the big shots belonged.

This move was very abrupt and immediately attracted everyone's attention.Everyone looked intently again, if this is the number three of Qin's class today, who is it?
Number one, Wang Tingxiang, the town boss, is in charge of strategic deterrence;

No. [-], Wang Yiqi, the object of support, is in charge of being as beautiful as a flower and as clean as a white lotus;
Number three, the main attacker Sancho San Yushi, is in charge of tactical operations.

(End of this chapter)