Daming primary school students

Chapter 482
Inside Zuoshun Gate, in Wenyuan Pavilion, Li Shizheng, the most low-key and indifferent head assistant of the Jiajing Dynasty, was sitting in the middle hall, flipping through the melodies casually.

Suddenly, a member of Zhongshushe hurried into Wenyuan Pavilion, and shouted to Li Shoufu in panic: "Old Man! Something big happened again!"

Li Shoufu looked up and recognized the person who followed Zhai Luan out on business just now.

He remembered again that Zhai Luan had said that he was going to visit Qin Dewei outside the Meridian Gate, but why did he only come back with a member of Zhongshushe?
Thinking of this, Li Shoufu suddenly had a very bad premonition.

Sure enough, he heard the person from Zhongshushe continue to report: "Elder Zhaige just passed out in public and has been sent home!"

Even Li Shi, a good old man who is kind to others and regards "not fighting" as his way of life, couldn't help being irritated at this time.

Do you, Qin Dewei, want to openly ride on the head of the cabinet?Even if you are a man from Jiajing, there must be a limit to your arrogance!
Li Shoufu put down the memorial, got up and shouted: "What a lawless child! I will go to the saint and expel this person!"

The Zhongshushe people hurriedly stopped Li Shoufu: "It is the old Fengjun of the Zhai family who is gone, so the old Zhai Ge was shocked by the bad news and couldn't bear it and passed out!"

Li Shi: "."

The Master said, think twice before acting, you can't judge people by appearances, goodness is goodness.

Embarrassing or not, let's not talk about it, if Zhai Luan Ding left worryingly, there must be troubles in the court again.

Thinking of this, Li Shoufu, the only remaining scholar in the cabinet, felt even more headache.

The person from Zhongshushe reported again: "Then Qin Dewei is still waiting in the east room outside the Meridian Gate, is he still investigating?"

"Order him to go home and wait!" Li Shoufu said without hesitation.People have to believe in evil, and they are afraid of destroying themselves.

Moreover, according to the official rules of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial envoy cannot return to normal work until the job review is over.

During the extraordinary period, Li Shoufu didn't want Qin Dewei to return to work, so please don't make trouble at home!

So Qin Dewei ran away in vain today, and still didn't get the results of the investigation.

If you don't, then you can just go home and go on vacation.Anyway, it doesn't matter whether the writing work of the Imperial Academy is resumed or not.

But Qin Dewei had just left the Dongchao room and was about to leave the palace to go home when he saw Huo Tao coming out from the Meridian Gate.

The two met face to face, this is really a narrow road for enemies.

Everyone in the capital's officialdom knew that Huo Tao's No. [-] enemy was originally Xia Yan.

During the ninth to tenth year of Jiajing, the two sides fought endlessly to the point of death.

As a result, Huo Tao sat in prison for two months, then he was dismissed and returned to his hometown, and then there was a story about Huo Tao's passing through Liaocheng.

But now there is a rumor in the capital that Qin Dewei may have succeeded in replacing Xia Yan and became Huo Tao's number one enemy by virtue of his extraordinary skills.

At this time, Qin Dewei suddenly thanked himself for his status as an imperial official, so he could stare at Huo Tao.

According to the rules, low-level officials have to avoid the way when they meet high-level officials, but the officials of the Hanlin Ci are not restricted by this ceremony, and they don't need to avoid it when they meet anyone.

Qin Dewei was too lazy to talk about etiquette with Huo Tao, and he didn't give way, so he just walked.

Huo Tao is a dignified man, of course he would not give way to Qin Dewei, so he just walked on his own.

So the two walked side by side into the left door of Duanmen.

In the dark and narrow doorway, the two suddenly felt awkward walking side by side again, and stopped at the same time.

Behind Huo Tao was a ninth-rank junior official who followed, probably the secretary of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, who ran errands with the chief officer Huo Tao.

I don't know whether he was afraid that the famous Qin Dewei would do something, or he wanted to please Huo Tao, so he shouted at Qin Dewei: "Don't be rude!"

When Qin Dewei heard this sentence, he turned his head to look at the Meridian Gate, and sneered at Huo Tao: "Huo Zhongcheng ran to the palace very diligently, admiration!"

The following official yelled again: "Huo Zhongcheng was promoted to Zuodu Yushi, what's wrong with facing Sheng Xie En!"

No wonder!Qin Dewei came to a sudden, in fact, he was psychologically prepared for this, this is the damn political balance!

Zhang Fujing and Fang Xianfu, the leaders of the Yili School, all left, so it is reasonable to promote another backbone of the Yili School, Huo Tao, to balance the court.

If you don't do things like this, you won't be Emperor Jiajing.

Qin Dewei wanted to ridicule, but suddenly remembered the matter of Zhai Luan and Ding You, and couldn't help congratulating him sincerely: "Then congratulations to Huo Dazhong!"

According to the political tradition of the Ming Dynasty, the ministers who are elected to the cabinet are generally officials with official titles or official titles (either false or real), and occasionally from the Ministry of Household Affairs, but it is impossible for Zuodu Yushi to directly enter the cabinet.

Huo Tao can be regarded as a figure who has a place in the emperor's heart, and he is also a meritorious official. If he can have an official title such as Minister of Rites at this time, he really has the qualifications and possibility to directly join the cabinet.

But he was promoted to Zuodu Censor, which meant that he definitely had no chance to join the cabinet this time.

Emperor Jiajing was not insane either, he couldn't have gone through a lot of trouble to get Huo Tao into the cabinet, and replaced Huo Tao with the Minister of Officials or the Ministry of Rites. Politics is not like that.

Huo Tao didn't know what opportunity he missed, he was puzzled, what did Qin Dewei mean by "congratulations"?Have a convulsion again?

Subconsciously, with a stern face, he reprimanded: "You don't need to congratulate me! Duplicity, hypocrisy!"

So Qin Dewei explained again: "Something happened in Zhai Ge's hometown just now, and he wants Ding You!"

Huo Tao: "."

He suddenly felt that Zuodu Yushi was not good at all.Sure enough, as long as you meet Qin Dewei, you will definitely ruin your mood!
Huo Tao was shocked, but subconsciously blurted out: "You did it?"

Qin Dewei was furious when he heard the words: "The majestic chief constitution is so despicable and vicious!
What you lost was only the opportunity to join the cabinet, but what Mr. Zhai Ge lost was his mother! "

He waved his sleeves again and said, "Anyway, you Zuodu censor has no qualifications to join the cabinet. It's useless to think so much, so I'll take my leave first!"

Huo Tao couldn't help but retorted: "Then Xia Yan also don't want to get his wish!"

Qin Dewei snorted and said: "Then please tell Xia Guan! Why speak harshly to me, a junior?"

The academician Zhai Luan suddenly Ding You, and immediately seemed to add fuel to the fire. Now the cabinet must be filled with new candidates.

The ministers secretly complained that the turmoil caused by the departure of two great scholars last month had just stabilized, but another one left;

There are only so many places on the top floor, and if one is suddenly vacated, there must be a chain reaction.

Qin Dewei had just finished dinner that day when he heard someone coming to look for him.

After asking, the visitor claimed to have come from Xia Tian's mansion, and was ordered to invite Qin Hanlin to come over.

Qin Dewei couldn't help laughing, Master Xia couldn't hold his breath anymore.However, knowing that he took the initiative to invite himself has made progress.

They lived together in Gaoshangfang District, Xicheng, not far away, but Qin Dewei still rode a horse.

Following the servant of the Xia family who was leading the way, he felt something was wrong while walking, Qin Dewei shouted: "Where is this going?"

The servant of the Xia family replied: "My master ordered Qin Hanlin to enter through the side door instead of the main door."

Qin Dewei asked with a sullen face: "I have walked through the main gate of the imperial palace, how dare your master look down on me as the number one scholar?"

The servant of the Xia family said with a bitter face: "No such intention! Just at this time, we must not let others see Qin Hanlin getting close to my master!
After all, Qin Hanlin, your reputation is too loud, and I'm afraid it will have a bad influence on my master. "

Qin Dewei: "."

Since you are afraid that it will have a bad influence on your official Xia, why invite me here?
But for the sake of the overall situation, Qin Dewei had no choice but to curse and enter the Xia mansion through a side door.

After entering the study, I found that three or four people were already seated, all of whom were close friends of Master Xia.

Qin Dewei scanned around, but there were no historical celebrities in it, and once again mourned for Master Xia's knowledge of people.

Thinking of Yan Song who had been promoted by Master Xia to be Minister of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing and was only one step away from returning to the capital, Qin Dewei really wanted to tell the truth that Master Xia's ability to know people might not be as good as Master Feng's
Even compared with the treacherous Prime Minister Yan Song, Zhao Wenhua, Yan Maoqing and other villains under Yan Song's subordinates are still famous in history, but your master Xia's people don't even have this.

At this time, everyone else in the study was sitting, but Master Xia himself was standing, probably because he couldn't sit still, and was pacing back and forth in the open space of the study excitedly.

Anyone can understand the reason for Xia Yan's excitement. As the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, he is naturally the number one candidate for a substitute university scholar, not to mention that Xia Yan is very popular with the emperor.

But Qin Dewei, to be fair, didn't really want Master Xia to join the cabinet.

As for Master Xia's character of "cocking his tail when he is proud", it is a typical "the higher you climb, the faster you die".

Besides, most of the veteran bureaucrats in the court today are Jinshi in the Hongzhi Dynasty or the early Zhengde Dynasty, and there are many people with more than [-] years of official experience.

And Master Xia is a Jinshi in the mid-term of Zhengde, with less than 20 years of official experience, and smooth sailing without any setbacks. He is only in his early fifties, so why rush to join the cabinet.

How good it is to be a heavenly official in the official department, with great power and benefits.

But Qin Dewei's words didn't count, and he couldn't even express his thoughts. It was useless except to offend others.

Xia Yan raised his head to see Qin Dewei, and greeted him happily, "Qin Banqiao just came here, and I need your suggestions!"

Although Qin Dewei was not very motivated, he still had to deal with what he had to deal with. He asked casually, "As the saying goes, knowing yourself and your enemy, who else is likely to join the cabinet?"

Xia Yan replied: "I just talked about it, there are about a few people."

In the Ming Dynasty, to judge who is a candidate for a cabinet minister, one is to look at the family background, the other is to look at the position and rank, and the third is to look at the qualifications.

I won’t go into details about my family background. If you don’t have a Hanlin background, you won’t join the cabinet.

I have also mentioned the official titles, which are usually attached to the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites, and occasionally the Ministry of Household Affairs.For example, although a certain minister of the Ministry of punishment and governor of the Beijing camp is also a top official, it is definitely not possible to join the cabinet directly.

As for the qualifications, it means that you have been an official for a long time. It is useful to say that it is useful, and it is useless to say that it is useless.

Combining the above three items, we can almost judge the range of candidates for cabinet ministers.

Of course, the final result mainly depends on the emperor's mood.

In addition to Xia Yan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the recognized list includes:
Gu Dingchen, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Xu Zan, Minister of the Ministry of Households, Dong Qi, the left servant of the Ministry of Officials and a scholar of the Imperial Academy, and Wen Renhe, the right servant of the Ministry of Officials and a scholar of the Imperial Academy.

After reading the list, Qin Dewei felt that apart from Gu Dingchen, there was no one who could fight.

Then he said to Xia Yan: "The situation is very clear, what is worth drawing?
Just keep an eye on Uncle Gu to prevent Uncle Gu from suddenly exerting force. "

This is Qin Dewei's sincere words, if he is Xia Yan, the most important thing to guard against is Gu Dingchen's sudden coquettish manipulation.

For example, the last palace examination promoted things like "Jiajing man". After all, this is the person who discovered the "function of Qingci".

Xia Yan worried about gains and losses and said: "Heaven's power is unpredictable and difficult to figure out. Even if you guard against others, it is impossible to guard against it.

Therefore, we still need to brainstorm and think of more words that can impress the emperor, and let the emperor be sure. "

This is Qin Dewei's best thing, and he just opened his mouth: "Is it hard to think of words?"

It's rare to see Master Xia asking such a courteous corporal: "I would like to hear more about it!"

Qin Dewei was nonsense in a serious manner: "Now this Li Shoufu is from Beizhili, and the elder Zhai Ge of Gang Dingyou is from Shandong, and now he is from Shuntianfu, so the new cabinet minister should always be from the south, right?

The imperial examination provinces are nothing more than those few places. If you look at the cabinet ministers in recent years, Zhang Fujing is from Zhejiang, Fang Xianfu is from Guangdong, and before that, it was Mr. Yang Ge.

So for the sake of balance, it's Jiangxi's turn this time. "

Xia Yan patted the armrest and agreed: "It's okay to say so! The emperor should be able to accept it."

Qin Dewei was speechless, he was just talking casually, but Master Xia actually took it seriously.

Then Qin Dewei remembered the chance encounter with Huo Tao outside the Meridian Gate, and reminded him: "You can't just focus on the people on the list, but also be careful of other people! For example, Huo Tao, he must take a sniper attack."

Mentioning this old rival, Xia Yan sneered: "He will definitely not be honest. Although I don't know how he will do things, I can still be afraid of him!"

But it is impossible to say that Xia Yan is not worried, after all, it is a bit like the enemy is dark and we are clear.

But how should we guard against Huo Tao?Xia Yan couldn't remember either.

After thinking about it for a while, he said to Qin Dewei: "I predict that after the banquet in a few days, the emperor will probably mention the matter of adding ministers.

After all, this is an occasion where important ministers are present, and at that time, the courtiers will probably have to discuss the nomination candidates. "

Qin Dewei nodded, it is indeed very possible.

Even if the cabinet ministers can be appointed by the emperor, it is best to look at the attitude of the ministers.

It's only normal to take advantage of the gathering of ministers at the Jingyan to find out the bottom line.

Xia Yan asked again: "You must go to this sutra feast."

If Huo Tao gets into trouble, let Qin Dewei go out to fight.Xia Yan's solution to the problem is so simple and plain.

In fact, Qin Dewei didn't have much motivation to go, frowned and said: "My imperial envoy is still under investigation, and it stands to reason that I can only concentrate on waiting for the result, can I be qualified to attend the Sutra Banquet?"

Xia Yan shouted: "You are a number one scholar at any rate, if you want to go, go, who can stop you?"

The Jingyan is where Hanlin Ci officials give lectures to the emperor. Except for some important ministers, Hanlin officials must be eligible to attend.

With Qin Dewei's status as the No. [-] scholar, even if he is still in the period of errand inspection, if he insists on squeezing into the Wenhua Palace, who can stop him from entering?
Qin Dewei sighed, there were too many times when he couldn't help himself in the officialdom.

The main reason is that Master Xia himself has too many ideas and will not listen to Qin Dewei's command, which is worrying.

(End of this chapter)