The Red Mansions

Chapter 530 Emperor Chongping: ... Is it possible?
Daming Palace, Hanyuan Hall

Following Xu Lu, the censor of Zuodu, recommending Qin Ye, all the officials in the hall looked at each other in blank dismay, thinking about the reason.

Some officials who didn't know, searched for Qin Ye in their minds, with a dazed expression, and most of them had no impression of him. Not everyone who is in charge of personnel affairs knows the resume of every official.

"Qin Ye?"

Emperor Chongping didn't know why, but felt that the name was familiar, and suddenly a light flashed in his heart, isn't this Jia Ziyu's father-in-law?
It seems that he was in the Ministry of Industry before, and there was a daughter named Qin, who was appointed by imperial edict not long ago, why does Xu Lu recommend Qin Ye now, is there something else hidden?
It's not that he didn't think that it would be the two emperors and the party who secretly communicated with each other to give and receive the song, but Xu Deqing was still known to him.

If Jia Heng asked to be under Xu Lu's family, he wanted to impeach him because of his temperament, but in this way, did he show a public heart?

Yang Guochang was shocked when he heard the words, and said in a cang voice: "My lord, the old minister thinks it is impossible. This Qin Ye theory is only the fifth rank. How can He De be promoted to a ministry? The old minister heard that this member is old Over sixty, dizzy and dizzy, old age is also included in this Beijing inspection, what is the responsibility?"

Xu Lu's face was pale, he cast a cold glance at Yang Guochang, and said quietly, "If I remember correctly, Mr. Yang Ge is over sixty years old, right?"

Yang Guochang: "..."

He is a cabinet minister, how can such a doctor and a small official be compared with him?
His complexion became gloomy. This Xu Deqing had met Jia Heng's son in Jingzhao Mansion before, and now he probably got his trust, so he recommended Qin Ye to succeed the Ministry of Industry on today's court recommendation.

Just when the minds of the ministers were shaken, Zhao Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, held the wat board and said in a deep voice: "My lord, I think that Qin Ye, the Lang of the Ministry of Industry's Ministry of Industry, can be appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and the imperial mausoleum is corrupt." In the case of corruption, all the employees of the Ministry of Industry were coerced by Pan and Lu, and they were in cahoots with them. At this time when all horses were silent, Qin Ye was the only one who did not join them in the clean-up department. The minister recommended Qin Ye as the minister of the Ministry of Industry, assistant The minister handles the affairs of the ministry, rectifies the personnel affairs, and asks the permission of the sage."

As soon as Zhao Yi's words came out, it was as if a huge rock set off a turbulent wave in the hall, and the expressions of all the officials in the hall changed suddenly, and there were many discussions.

If we talk about the recommendation of Xu Lu, the censor of Zuodu, there is still a sense of loneliness. After all, since the revision of the "Longzhi Huidian", although it is not clearly stated in the text, the servant must be replaced by a third- and fourth-rank official. The selection and appointment of personnel has gradually formed a conventional transfer process, so most of the people recommended by the people before are the governors of the provinces, the two divisions of the vassals, and the officials of the temple.

At this moment, the strong support of a minister of the Ministry of Industry is undoubtedly the greatest recognition of being the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Zhao Yi was once a cabinet minister. General courtiers are comparable.

There is no doubt that there will be [-] to [-]% of this matter.

Seeing this, Shi Jie, the servant of the Ministry of War, frowned, thought for a while, and thought it might be better to wait to speak.

At this moment, if he also speaks out to recommend Qin Ye, amidst the doubts and criticisms just now, it may not add much weight to Qin Ye's succession to the Ministry, and it will easily arouse some people's malicious speculation.

Is it because he took advantage of Jia Ziyu, who was also in the military aircraft department, so that he gave it convenience?

When Emperor Chongping heard the words, his face flashed with thought, and he frowned and asked, "Qin Ye has been in the Ministry of Industry for 30 years, why hasn't he been transferred?"

This is asking Han Huang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials. These officials have been in the first department for 30 years and have not been transferred, which is unusual in itself.

Han Huang's complexion was complete, and he went out to play and said: "My lord, Qin Ye was not born in a Kejia. It took ten or twenty years, and when he moved to Langzhong, the Ministry of Officials took special care of him. After he was transferred to Mokan for nearly twenty years, after the main department was in charge of cleaning up the official department, he could be released to the public when the rank was full. Province, but there are many personnel in the Ministry of Industry, and there is no suitable vacancy, so it gradually delays. After this minister took charge of the Ministry of Officials, he found this omission, and asked the Holy One to punish him."

This rhetoric can be said to be watertight, because Qin Ye's career starting point is too low, and none of the officials present knew it. As Qin Ye's background as a scribe, it took a lot of hard work just to be a foreigner, and he was delayed for a long time before being a doctor. After a short time, I finally got to the position of doctor. Due to my background, I was delayed because there was no suitable vacancy in the official department.

The Ministry of Officials must first fill in the vacancies with officials from the imperial examination.

To put it bluntly, he has reached the ceiling of his career.

Emperor Chongping's face was indifferent, and he said in a deep voice: "The Ministry of Industry is different from other ministries in that it does not need to limit the correct course of the imperial examinations. Kuang Kejia, who was born like Pan Lu, did not necessarily remember the teachings of the sages and uprightly, but was greedy and despicable. Accumulation is a habit, how can I judge the virtuous, the foolish, the noble and the humble based on the background of the imperial examination?"

Han Huang frowned, his complexion changed slightly, and he didn't quite agree with the words of "discrimination".

A group of ministers in the palace, all the officials who came from the imperial examination, also had a bad face.

If there is no distinction between the clear and the muddy, and the imperial examination background is not noble at all, then why did they study hard?
I sincerely disagree with this statement!

But because all of them are third-rank high-ranking officials, they are very good at nourishing energy, and there are no high-level attendants to accompany them, so the words of Emperor Chongping did not arouse any remonstrance.

This is not about recommending officials and soldiers. At that time, there will be officials from the Ministry of Science and Dao who will stand with the ministers separately. One recommendation, one impeachment, and finally a list of four or five people will be determined and handed over to Emperor Chongping for use.

Today's court push is the result of the prior struggle between the Qi and Zhejiang parties.

Yang Guochang's face was gloomy, and he went out to play and said: "Your Majesty, I heard that this Qin Ye is the father-in-law of Jia Heng, Minister of Military Aircraft, and he is the chief judge of a case of the Ministry of Industry. It is suspected of being a melon. Your Majesty, please think twice."

As soon as this remark came out, the officials who didn't know it before were all slightly surprised, secretly thinking that there was such a relationship.

Could it be... Jia Ziyu is following the relationship between these two people.

That's right, Jia Ziyu pleaded for Zhao Shangshu earlier, so it must be some kind of deal?

Many officials' previous recommendations came in this way, so they naturally thought so.

At this moment, Liu Yuzhong of the Guozijian sacrificial wine, chimed in and said: "Your official also heard that Qin Ye is the father-in-law of Jia Heng, the minister of military aircraft and the deputy envoy of the Jingying Jiedu. In this case, the two ministries were both punished by the sage with severe punishments, Ming Zheng Gangji, I thought Jia Ziyu's father-in-law was promoted to be the minister of the Ministry of Industry, which is really puzzling."

Because in the Hanyuan Palace, Jia Heng published the "Pinglu Policy" and argued with the members of the Qi Party, and the members of the Qi Party naturally paid attention to some of Jia Heng's family conditions.

When the officials in the palace heard the words, they whispered and whispered to each other for a while, and there was not only suspicion on their faces.

Confusing?

This means that there is a hidden story inside. Of course, such conjectures without any evidence are some conspiracy theories, but it is such misleading words that attract people's imagination the most, because they judge others by themselves.

Zhao Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, looked indifferent, and retorted: "If the official remembers correctly, among the Guozijian sacrificial wine Liu Yu recommended by Mr. Yang Ge, Mr. Liu is still from Linyi? For example, Mr. Yang Ge will do his part when it comes to plums in the melon field. As for Mr. Liu, what? Is it time to do the work of the official censor?"

Yang Guochang's complexion changed slightly, his heart sank, and a coldness surged in his heart. Zhao Yi was in the cabinet back then, and he took care of him a lot. Now he has been dismissed from the cabinet. , There is no cabinet demeanor at all.

However, Yang Guochang didn't know what Zhao Yi was thinking. Firstly, the chief assistant of the cabinet should be responsible for the case of Gongling, but he was kicked out of the cabinet. The servant Liang Yuan was also involved in the case, and now he is being arrested by the Jinyi Mansion and sent to Shenjing, why Yang Guochang is alone.

On the other side, Liu Yuzhong, the Imperial Academy's sacrificial wine, had an ugly expression on his face, frozen like ice.

Yang Guochang said in a deep voice: "The old minister has a public heart and cannot bear to see the state's public artifacts being handed out to others privately and become a thing of reciprocation. The old minister asks you to learn from me."

This point refers to Zhao Yi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, because Jia Heng helped to speak the other day and was "reciprocating love", and regarded the state's public equipment as a tool to give favors. This kind of accusation is not insignificant.

Zhao Yi said in a deep voice: "Mr. Yang Ge, if I remember correctly, the minister of the household department, Liang Yuantong, was involved in the case. Under the rule of Mr. Yang Ge, there was a corrupt official. He didn't know how to check his headquarters, but he was still recommending officials? What's the matter? , Mr. Yang Ge and Jia Ziyu had a long-standing grudge, Mr. Yang Ge accused his subordinates of giving and receiving privately, and the subordinate officials suspected that Mr. Yang was abolishing the public because of private interests! Now, regardless of character and seniority, Qin Ye is the right choice. Yang Ge Why do you obstruct me in every possible way?"

As soon as this remark came out, when everyone felt satisfied, they also felt thrilling, because this was the prestige of a former cabinet minister attacking the chief minister of the cabinet in front of the emperor.

Without him, such a high-ranking official would never see such a direct verbal confrontation.

Emperor Chongping frowned, his face was not good-looking, and he said in a deep voice: "When you promote talents, you don't avoid relatives, and when you promote talents, you don't avoid enemies. If you promote talents for the country, you should show a public heart. You can't hold the theory of punishing your heart and act rashly." dispute!"

This means that after repeated blows before, Yang Guochang's prestige gradually became insufficient to overwhelm his colleagues.

Seeing that the two men were at war, Han Huang smoothed things over, smiled and said, "Mr. Yang Ge, now Jia Ziyu is not discussing personnel transfers in the court, and there is no suspicion of meddling. What's more, Mr. Yang Ge This kind of speculation is groundless and baseless, and it is also out of style to argue in front of the imperial court."

This is the negative test that Yang Guochang is out of style, how can he look like the first assistant?
As Han Huang said, without waiting for Yang Guochang to speak, he bowed and cupped his hands to Emperor Chongping: "Your Majesty, I think that the Ministry of Industry has undergone major changes. At least we should find an official who is familiar with the affairs of the Ministry to relocate. He was born as a lowly official for many years and was not used much. However, in the past 30 years, Qinye people have lived up to their name, worked diligently, and worked hard in the headquarters. Qin Ye can be the servant of the Ministry of Industry, and I also ask the Holy Majesty not to use Qin Ye's background to learn from the minister's words."

At this time, Qin Ye's promotion to the Ministry of Industry is almost a done deal, so it's better to follow the trend and sell Jia Ziyu's favor to let his father-in-law Qin Ye take over the Ministry of Industry. Anyway, the emperor's heart is not above the two parties of Qi and Zhejiang.

As for the birth of the imperial examination, it is not important. For example, many supervisors and examiners also have a big official in Xinjiang, although there are few but not none.

As soon as Han Huang's words came out, Zhao Mo, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, had eyes flickering, and he also held an ivory wat board, and said: "I also think that the Ministry of Industry should choose an old official to assist in the affairs of the Ministry, since Qin Ye has been an official for decades. He is conscientious and frugal, and has never neglected the affairs of the Ministry. It is not wrong for the minister to think that Qin Ye should take over the affairs of the Ministry of Industry."

The approval of the two cabinet ministers, coupled with the approval of the previous two important ministers of the Ministry of Industry and the Chief Constitution of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, suddenly formed a mighty and irresistible trend.

What people want, what everyone expects!
Shi Jie, the servant of the Ministry of War, was stunned at this moment, almost thinking that Jia Heng had found another husband from the Zhejiang Party to promote his husband, and decided to keep silent in a flash of thought.

Now, it is better not to speak than to speak, otherwise they are both military planes and they are in charge of the privy secretaries.

In the eyes of the officials, Emperor Chongping seemed to be thinking about it for a while, and suddenly said: "Han Qing's words are reasonable, and I will immediately move Qinye to be the right servant of the Ministry of Industry.

When he is old, he can become an official after only a few years of office, and it will not hinder the court situation. In addition, he is not a group or a party, and assists Zhao Yi to achieve the effect of checks and balances. party.

As soon as this remark came out, all the officials in the palace had complicated thoughts, like members of the Zhejiang Party, like the Qing of Taichang Temple, there was no lack of depression in their hearts, Prime Minister Han had promised well before, but just now he kept silent, and turned his back on an old official.

As all the ministers bowed their hands to obey the order, the two ministers of the Ministry of Industry have appointed one.

It's just that some people can't help but murmur in their hearts. Some people feel that this is the richness of Jia Junji's holy family, while others speculate that there may be other considerations of the Sacred Heart.

At this time, Zhang Zhi, the censor of the left deputy capital, held a jade wat, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, there is still a vacancy for the left servant of the Ministry of Industry. The Ministry of Industry needs someone to act as an agent. I will take charge of the affairs of the Ministry. I also ask the Holy One to decide on the candidate."

Qin Ye is now transferred to the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, so the left servant of the Ministry of Industry is still vacant. I don't know who should take up the post?

It's just that the words of Zhang Zhi, the censor of the left deputy capital, were somewhat emotional, because the candidates recommended earlier were rejected by Emperor Chongping one after another.

Others also became emotional.

Emperor Chongping said in a deep voice: "It is better to choose and appoint officials than to be short. Today, the court has no suitable candidates, so we might as well hang them up to wait for talented people. Besides, Zhao Qing will return to the Ministry to take charge of all the affairs of the Ministry. The Ministry of Industry should be able to take care of its own affairs."

Among the six departments of the Han Dynasty, under the Shangshu, there are left and right servants. The grades are the same as the third grade, but the left is superior and the right is inferior, and the inside and outside are divided.

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

The second assistant of the cabinet, Han Huang, listened to Emperor Chongping's words, and his thoughts became more complicated. As expected, the emperor would rather leave his position vacant than let the Qi and Zhejiang parties put people in the Ministry of Industry. In vain!

After Emperor Chongping finished speaking, his indifferent eyes glanced at the officials below, and finally his eyes stayed on the face of Zhao Yi, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and asked: "Qing Zhao returned to the Ministry of Directors, and should rectify the affairs of the Ministry with Qin Ye, the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, and select the leaders of the Ministry of Industry. Officials should not delay the affairs of the Ministry."

Zhao Yi's expression changed, he cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I will obey the order."

In a court push, under the will of Emperor Chongping, the two parties of Qi and Zhejiang returned without success. Instead, the Ministry of Industry only took advantage of Qin Ye, a young man. The capital spread and became known to all officials.

Qin Ye, who was only a doctor in the first division of the Ministry of Industry before, was not born in a professional class, how could he become a high-ranking official?

Not to mention the officials of the temple supervisor in Beijing, but the officials of the two departments of feudal clans in various provinces, as well as the officials of the Six Ministries of Nanjing.

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Hall of Martial Arts, Military Aircraft Department

Jia Heng was sitting behind a mahogany desk behind the military plane, and was flipping through piles of military memorials delivered from various provinces. In fact, half of his mind stayed in the direction of Hanyuan Hall.

Today, the court promoted the Minister of the Six Departments. He is the minister of military aircraft, but he is not even qualified to be an observer.

Just as Jia Heng was thinking, suddenly, a clerk from outside came in, entered the official hall of the Military Plane Department, and said: "My lord, there is an urgent report from the governor of the North Town of Jinyi Mansion."

Mu Sheng, Shi Shu, Shi Ding and other military pilots who were originally copying the case were stunned when they heard this, stopped the writing brush in their hands, looked up at the boy in the python suit, and thought curious.

Jia Heng took the sealed brocade box, took out the key, opened the brocade box, took out a book from it, put it in his hand and read it, his eyes were fixed, there was not much expression on his face, he got up and left the long desk .

"Zi Yu, what happened?" Shi Ding asked with a frown.

Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "It's a letter from Mr. Li Ge. Tang Kuan, the chief soldier of Ji Town, has been arrested for Mr. Li Ge. He sent him to the capital. As for Jinyi Mansion, the guards will escort him along the way. Go to the inner study to report to the Holy One."

The arrest of the chief soldier of Ji Town is a major event, because it means one thing, the decline of the Qi Party is inevitable, and Yang Guochang's position is on the verge of collapse.

Accompanied by his son Li Yi and Zou Jing, the right servant of the Ministry of War, Li Zan arrived in Peiping not long ago. He was greeted by officials of all sizes in Peiping. In the face of the officials, he ordered the accompanying imperial guards to take down Tang Kuan, the chief soldier of Jizhen on the spot, and temporarily confiscated the military power of Wu Yao, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan.

As for mutiny, don't even think about it.

First, the Han court controlled Jizhen and the capital of Beiping Prefecture to a very high level through the transportation of money and food, and the appointment and dismissal of officials.Second, when Tang Kuan went out to meet Li Zan, he was also a little surprised that Li Zan actually took him down on the spot. Third, the original cadres from the Chu Party cooperated with him. , and the fourth is the assistance from the Jinyi Mansion.

"It's just that Captain Qiu has made meritorious service." Jia Heng thought about it, feeling a little playful, and then without further delay, went to the Daming Palace to find Emperor Chongping's performance.

(End of this chapter)