My Daming New Empire

Every event brought up for discussion will be sorted out by them and provide Zhu Zhanji with detailed solutions.Let the emperor not make wrong decisions because he doesn't understand the importance.

Below him in front of him, two places on the second-floor platform were empty.It originally belonged to Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Gaochi, but now Zhu Zhanji supervises the country and Zhu Gaochi recuperates, no one sits there.

The third floor is where the ministers stand. On the left is Jian Yi, and on the right is Zhang Fu. The civil and military ministers are clearly divided.

The positions of officials above the third rank are actually almost two steps higher than those of other ministers.It makes the entire hall look multi-layered, forming a three-dimensional discussion hall.

When the trade between Daming and overseas was strengthened, the carpets brought back from South Asia became popular all over the country.

Zhu Zhanji also made wooden floors in the early years, and now the hall is also covered with wooden floors and carpets.

According to the color of the carpet, each minister can know where he stands.

In the center of the main hall is a red carpet area with a width of nearly five meters. This is the dividing line, and it is also the place where ministers come out to report or debate.

At this time, Jian Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, turned his back to Zhu Zhanji, and stood obliquely on the steps of the second-floor platform, facing the officials.

Officials cannot directly turn their backs to the emperor or Zhu Zhanji, the supervisor of the country. Even if they want to preside over court discussions, they can only face the officials with their bodies slanted.

In the central red carpet area in front of him, Hubu Minister Xia Yuanji had finished reporting the situation of the Guyuan earthquake, and now he was explaining the incident with other ministers.

The Guyuan earthquake is a natural disaster. In the face of such an event, court officials will not have too many positions, nor will they engage in heated debates. Everything will focus on rescue.

Apart from the disagreement between Lu Zhen and Xia Yuanji on the appointment of the special envoy, Lu Zhen wanted to appoint Yuan Fu, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, as the special envoy, but Xia Yuanji strongly opposed it.

Xia Yuanji recommended Yu Shiji, the magistrate of Xiangyang, as the special envoy, because Xiangyang is closer to Guyuan and has abundant resources, so the imperial court can mobilize food and grass nearby to support Guyuan.

In the third year of Yongle, severe famine occurred in western Zhejiang. Zhu Di ordered Xia Yuanji to lead Yu Shiji, Yuan Fu and Zuo Tongzheng Zhao Juren to help.

They distributed 30 shi of grain and supplied cattle and seeds to the hungry.

During this relief process, Xia Yuanji knew both Yu Shiji and Yuan Fu's abilities quite well, and believed that Yu Shiji was more suitable than Yuan Fu to serve as a special relief envoy.

Although Yu Shiji is now the magistrate of Xiangyang, it would be inappropriate to leave the place as a chief official.But this also represented a signal, that is, Xia Yuanji wanted to remind Zhu Zhanji that this Yu Shiji was a capable person and should be reused more.

There was a heated debate in the audience, Zhu Zhanji turned around and asked Yang Rong at the bottom right. "This is Yu Shiji and Yuan Fu, who does Ai Qing think is more suitable?"

Yang Rong said in a low voice: "Yu Yongzhengwei is great, and Yuan Zhongren is resourceful and decisive, and they all have different reactions."

Yang Rong's character is still very upright, and the fact that these two people can be praised by him makes Zhu Zhanji a little interested.

He hooked his fingers towards Sun Lin who was not far away, and ordered him to find out the information about their experience as officials.

Sun Lin quickly had someone find out the files of the two of them and submit them.

Yuan Fu's career as an official has been relatively smooth, and he has been an official with a steady rise.

In contrast, Yu Shiji's experience is much richer. He was once implicated in family crimes and demoted to an official. Later, he was sent out of Beijing to serve as the magistrate of Xiangyang.

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji had finished reading the information very quickly, Wang Yan reminded: "Your Highness, Yu Yongzhen and Yuan Zhongren are Jinshi scholars in the same discipline. They have an inseparable relationship, and they are still relatives of their sons and daughters."

Zhu Zhanji found it more and more interesting, and asked with a smile: "Since that's the case, Lu Zhen and Xia Yuanji each recommend one person, obviously to win them over, which means that both of them are very capable."

Wang Yan nodded and said, "Both of them have given relief many times, and they are familiar with the relief process, so they are trustworthy people."

Under the high platform, the debate between the two parties has come to an end. After Jian Yi expressed his support for Yu Shiji, the voting session began.

At this time, Xia Yuanji, who had been prepared for a long time, obviously won more support, and Yu Shiji recommended by him won more votes.

Afterwards, Jian Yi ordered Yu Shiji, and then reported to Zhu Zhanji for review.

Zhu Zhanji has a veto power. If he disagrees with any resolution or decision, the ministers will discuss it again.

But since Zhu Zhanji also agreed with these two candidates, and the ministers elected Yu Shiji, he naturally would not object without reason and agreed.

On the cabinet side, Xie Jin immediately wrote an imperial decree.

After discussing the affairs of the household department, it was the turn of the ritual department.

Now it is April, and there is autumn this year, and now it's time to decide on the school officials, school officials, and examiners.

The Ministry of Rites needs to come up with candidates, first discuss with the Ministry of Officials, and then take them out for court officials to comment.Every candidate, as long as he has no evil deeds or bad deeds, will basically not be rejected.

However, there is a very important problem here, that is, each person is assigned to a different area, and the reputation is also different.

Naturally, no one wants to go to the northwest region, the northern region, or the southwest region.Because there is a small population and the style of writing is not strong, there are naturally fewer officials who can pass the exam.

And the two lakes, the Central Plains, including Central Sichuan, belong to the middle-level areas. Although there are not many Jinshi admitted every year, they are not less.

The southeast region is the region that everyone wants to go to, because most of the Jinshi in each session are from here.

As an examiner, Jinshi who came out of the area he was in charge of all had to be apprentices. No minister would be willing to be such a ready-made teacher. This was a great deal of political wealth.

Nowadays, the imperial court has not yet distinguished the north and the south in the selection of scholars, and divides the candidates into the north and the south. It strictly controls [-]% of the selection of scholars in the south and [-]% of the selection in the north. This was determined after Zhu Gaochi came to power.

After that, for hundreds of years, the Ming and Qing Dynasties basically selected scholars according to this ratio.

The candidates selected by the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials will be posted as a list after today, and will be written in the mansion newspaper. If someone objects, they will be impeached within half a month.

After half a month, officials who have not been impeached will be assigned places.

Therefore, today's Ministry of Etiquette only discussed the candidates, although it was very peaceful, but when it comes to discussing the personnel arrangements in various places in the Great Court Meeting half a month later, there will definitely be a lot of quarrels.

After everyone was selected, Jian Yi asked Zhu Zhanji again, and Zhu Zhanji still agreed.

However, Zhu Zhanji said again: "The five lonely younger brothers have now reached the age of marriage. There are also major royal clans, and there are not a few people of the right age. Therefore, the Ministry of Rites should discuss with the clan clan to count the number of people as soon as possible. Clans of the right age choose their concubines."

Lu Zhen stood up and responded, "I obey the order."

Choosing a concubine is not a complete blind marriage, because the major palaces actually have a certain degree of autonomy, and they may have already had their own goals and betrothed their children.

This kind of thing has to be reported to the clan mansion, and the clan mansion will make statistics, and then they will ask the emperor to give them a marriage.Therefore, if the Ministry of Rites wants to choose a concubine, it must first communicate with the clan mansion. The statisticians cannot exceed the oolong event that the feudal king has already engaged his child and is included in the candidate for concubine selection.

In the past, the Zongren Mansion Zongzheng was held by the clan prince himself, but after Emperor Jianwen, in order to limit the power of the vassal king, the post of Zongzheng became vacant.

Although the current Clan Mansion is still known as the No. [-] yamen for civil servants, their position is also ranked first outside the Chengtian Gate, above the Ministry of Officials.

But in fact, this yamen has declined. Except for the officials, most of the affairs are under the management of the Ministry of Rites.

In short, this matter is mainly managed by Lu Zhen, and there is no evasion.

Next, is today's most important military affairs, Zhu Di's Western Expedition. Today's Ming Dynasty mainly focuses on serving the Western Expedition.

When Zhu Di was there, a strict policy of poisonous vegetables was implemented, and civil officials were strictly prohibited from intervening in the war.

However, because the Ministry of War belongs to the civil service system, they are responsible for providing logistics and services for the army, which means they indirectly control the logistics of the army.

Therefore, although civil servants did not have the opportunity to directly intervene in the military, the struggle for power surrounding the control of the military has never stopped.