Daming primary school students

Chapter 483
In fact, Qin Dewei was really not motivated this time, if Xia Yan hadn't taken the initiative to ask for help, he would really have continued his vacation at home.

He knew the general direction of history, and no matter whether he helped or not, in the post-Zhang Fujing era, it would be a matter of time before Xia Yan joined the cabinet or even became the chief assistant.

Even if it doesn't work this time, there will be a next time, just let nature take its course, so why bother?
Besides, for him, Qin Dewei, Xia Yan's entry into the cabinet is not much different from continuing to be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and it is even better to continue to be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

Don't forget, there is also Yan Song, a forbearing traitor behind him!

The chain reaction after Xia Yan's entry into the cabinet will definitely try his best to transfer his "little brother" Yan Song back to the capital to make up for the vacuum left by the Six Departments of the Outer Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Qin Dewei was even less motivated to help, Xia Yan might as well continue to be Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

But these predictions of the future, I really can't say them out, I can only watch Master Xia jumping up and down in order to join the cabinet.

According to the system, every second is the feast day.After entering the scorching heat in June, it is reasonable to stop the sutra feast to avoid heat stroke.

But Qin Dewei inquired about it, and Emperor Jiajing issued an edict saying that the sutra banquet would still be held on June [-], but the time was changed to the coolest time in the morning.

This is a very unusual thing, so as long as you are a little bit sensitive to politics, you can understand the connotation.

On this day, Qin Dewei got up before dawn.He sneaked into the imperial city by relying on the dental plaque compiled by the Hanlin Academy, and then sneaked into the Meridian Gate.

After passing Zuoshun Gate, you will arrive at Wenhua Hall.Then Qin Dewei discovered a problem, he didn't know where he should stand.

The ministers present in the hall are all assigned ranks, but Qin Dewei has never attended before, so he doesn't know the details of the court ceremony.

Even in the historical materials, it will not tell readers in detail where they should stand at this time.

Fortunately, at this moment, Teacher Zhang Chao Zhang appeared and saw Qin Dewei, and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

Qin Dewei replied very cryptically: "I have no choice but to come."

There is no way, although he does not want to participate, but Xia Guan insists on letting him come, so he can only attend for a while.

Zhang Xueshi is speechless, I have never seen you, the number one scholar, report to the Imperial Academy, but it is very active to run to the Wenhua Palace.

In the end, I still couldn't help but reprimanded: "Today's big event, I have my own Sacred Heart to decide! It's not something you can interfere with, you are not allowed to be presumptuous!"

This means, don't rush out and charge into battle as cannon fodder.

Qin Dewei responded: "Teacher, don't worry! I know the pros and cons, and I will definitely not say anything more today!"

Only then did Teacher Zhang give some pointers. Hanyuan Cichen stood on one side, and the Minister of the Pavilion Department stood on the other side. Qin Dewei just found a middle and back position among the Cichens and stood there.

Waiting was boring, Qin Dewei couldn't help trying to figure out what the emperor was thinking.

Speaking of the appointment procedures of important ministers of the Ming Dynasty, they can be divided into two categories.

One category is the cabinet scholar and the official secretary. The appointment of these two important ministers can be arbitrarily determined by the emperor Gan Gang without greeting the ministers.

This symbolizes the emperor's absolute control over state affairs, government affairs and personnel affairs.

The other category is the important ministers of other ministries. In the procedure, the ministers need to nominate candidates, and then report to the emperor. The emperor approves and appoints the candidates nominated by the ministers.

For such ministers, if the emperor casually issued an order to appoint them, it would be called Zhongzhi, which would be regarded as an illegal imperial order.

So Qin Dewei pondered, Emperor Jiajing could appoint a scholar directly without the ministers, but today he still wants the ministers to discuss (quarrel) publicly, which is probably the use of the emperor's technique.

The purpose of the emperor is definitely not to decentralize power, but to observe the situation of all parties in the imperial court with his own eyes.

Qin Dewei came early, and after that, the bosses gradually arrived.There are about 80 people in total including the ministers of the cabinet, ministers of Hanyuan, and officials in charge of the department.

Then, taking advantage of the coolness of the early morning, the emperor ascended the throne, and the officials danced and worshiped the mountains, and there was a set procedure.

The eunuch read out the decree to comfort the former Shaobao (additional title), Minister of Rites (empty title), and Zhai Luan, a scholar of Wuyingdian, who were no longer in the court.

Then Emperor Jiajing opened his golden mouth and asked (fish) the chief assistant Li Shichui: Mr. Li, are you tired in the cabinet alone?Who do you think is better to help you?
Li Shoufu was not fooled, and said back: "Your Majesty, you are what you say. Our Shoufu just obeys the holy order, and we will never do anything about forming cliques."

Afterwards, Emperor Jiajing issued Yuyin again, and asked Xia Yan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the recognized number one candidate for a bachelor's degree, "Old Xia, you are in charge of personnel work. What do you think about the emptiness of the cabinet?"
Master Xia was not fooled either, and said back: "We are stupid. I don't know what to say. We just wait for the emperor to order."

Everyone else listened silently, but Qin Dewei was the only one who relished it. After all, it was the first time he saw this kind of scene where the monarch and his subjects played tricks on each other.

Afterwards, Emperor Jiajing looked at Gu Dingchen, the representative of literary officials, the Minister of Rites, and the recognized No. [-] candidate for a bachelor's degree, and asked kindly: "Old Gu, what do you think?"
Gu Dingchen didn't know if he was fooled or not, so he played back: "We, the Minister of Rites, don't have any opinions, but we have to tell the emperor something."

There are rumors in the court that it is Jiangxi's turn for the cabinet ministers. We also think it is quite reasonable. Your Majesty may wish to consider it.

Hearing this performance, the ancient well full of halls was silent, and suddenly there was a slight ripple!
How could there be an accident when she was playing tricks so well?As expected of you, Gu Dingchen, you always have unexpected tricks.

Qin Dewei, who was standing in the square team of Ci officials in Hanyuan, was even more astonished. Wasn't the statement "should be from Jiangxi people" designed by himself in order to deal with Master Xia's questioning?

Why did it come out of Gu Dingchen's mouth?And the timing is very problematic!

Qin Dewei's original intention in designing this set of rhetoric for Master Xia was to allow Master Xia to communicate with Emperor Jiajing in private, express his heart directly, and use it to directly impress the emperor when he spoke frankly.

Instead of saying it in such a public place, let alone "rumours".

Qin Dewei looked suspiciously at Xia Yan opposite, could it be that Master Xia was anxious and worried, and in order to win people's hearts, he let this word out in private?
Or did it mean that during the discussion in the Xia Mansion's study that day, a traitor appeared among the people present and leaked the words?

But Qin Dewei thought about it suspiciously for a while, and then temporarily put it down.

Anyway, Xia Yan was responsible for leaking these words, and it was also aimed at Xia Yan. If you want to have a headache, it will be Xia Yan's headache, so why worry about it?
Emperor Jiajing was also a little surprised. He probably didn't expect to play with flower guns tentatively, but he really came up with something.

Staring at Xia Yan from Jiangxi, he thought for a while, and then asked Huo Tao: "The Metropolitan Procuratorate should follow rumors, have you heard of it?"

Zuodu Censor Huo Tao, who was also at the front of the class, said: "I have indeed heard such rumors, but it's not considered a violation of the ban, so I haven't heard about it."

When everyone in the hall heard Huo Tao's performance, they were thoughtful again.

First, Huo Tao is Xia Yan's mortal enemy, the kind that cannot be resolved; second, Huo Tao has helped Gu Dingchen to corroborate the rumors so simply and neatly.

what does that mean?Are Huo Tao and Gu Dingchen united?

After such an accident, the hall was completely silent, and no one dared to speak nonsense until they guessed what the emperor was thinking.

In other words, everyone was secretly observing Emperor Jiajing's reaction.

Qin Dewei also wondered, would Emperor Jiajing have another rebellious attack because of this rumor, and deliberately exclude Xia Yan?

Before the last test, didn't I take advantage of the emperor's mentality in order to influence the candidates for the examiner?Could it be that someone wants to learn this routine this time?

If this is the case, wouldn't Gu Dingchen take advantage of it?And did Gu Dingchen and Huo Tao collude?

It can't be blamed that Qin Dewei has a lot of mental activities. He can't move or speak when he stands here.Apart from thinking about it in my heart, I have nothing else to do.

However, Huo Tao, the censor of Zuodu, did not end his performance to Emperor Jiajing. He paused for a while and continued:

"I don't dare to hide anything. It is said that it is Jiangxi's turn. This kind of words first came from Xiuzhuan Qin Dewei."

Fog Grass!Qin Dewei suddenly raised his head unexpectedly, and looked at Huo Tao across two rows of people.

Is there something wrong with Huo Tao's brain?At this time, it is enough to target Xia Yan, what is Qin Dewei doing?
It is Xia Yan who is going to join the cabinet, not Qin Dewei, you Huo Tao can't tell the priority?

Others in the hall were also taken aback. Generally speaking, the source of rumors can't be found at all, but this time it's surprising that an "original work" can be found.

And it is even more interesting that it is Qin Dewei, the son of Jiajing who is "famous in the court".

The most interesting thing is that Huo Tao even ignored Xia Yan for Qin Dewei's sake.
The mystery of the Great Ming Dynasty Hall, who is Huo Tao's favorite, can probably be concluded.

The eunuch who was serving the emperor beside Jiajing got the order and shouted to the minister: "Has Qin Dewei, Xiuzhuan, come yet?"

Qin Dewei was really caught off guard at this time, and it was impossible to pretend he wasn't there.He could only curse in his heart, and walked out of the line with a very honest body.

Speaking of which, this was the first time Qin Dewei had such a close conversation with Emperor Jiajing since he crossed.

When the champion of the middle school gave thanks, it was in the vast Fengtian Hall.He is far away from the lofty emperor's throne, and the scene is also a ceremonial cliché, so it can't be said that the monarch and his ministers are right.

For a moment, all eyes in the hall were focused on Qin Dewei.

Everyone knew that if Qin Dewei didn't respond properly, it would definitely implicate Xia Yan who was looking forward to joining the cabinet.

Emperor Jiajing asked casually, "Did you say that?"

It's not that Qin Dewei didn't think about denying it, but he didn't know how much Huo Tao had prepared.

If the personal certificate pops up again, wouldn't it be a bad debt?

In any case, even if he was not punished for the consequences, his impression points in the emperor's mind would definitely plummet, and that would be a blood loss!
Think about Mr. Zhang, who has been on the bench for ten years, is a living example.

Forget the crime of deceiving the emperor, Qin Dewei gritted his teeth and admitted it straight away: "It is indeed what the minister said!"

Emperor Jiajing probably didn't expect Qin Dewei to be so honest, and asked again: "What's the reason for saying such a thing?"

Qin Dewei was very helpless in his heart, and he had to fill up with countless truths when he said a truth.

He could only tell the truth again, about people from the north, people from Zhejiang, people from South, people from Guangdong, people from South Zhili, and so on.

The conclusion is that due to geographical balance factors, it is the turn of Jiangxi people to represent southerners in the cabinet in provinces with large imperial examinations.

Emperor Jiajing did not make a final statement. Whether he wanted to make trouble or help Qin Dewei intercede, it was not easy to intervene.

Only Huo Tao, who was next to him, said another sentence to Emperor Jiajing: "I want to know whether Qin Dewei thought of this himself, or someone taught him."

This question is really tricky, if you directly say who taught it in front of the king, then Qin Dewei will stop messing around in the officialdom in the future.

If he thought of it himself, then Qin Dewei took all the blame and pushed himself into a corner, with no room for maneuvering.

Emperor Jiajing was also very interested in this answer, Qin Dewei said without hesitation: "It's all my own thoughts!"

Xia Yan breathed a sigh of relief, just now he was really afraid that Qin Dewei would not be able to hold back, and he would blame himself.If so, today will be completely lost.

Huo Tao's eyes flashed with excitement, and he said to the emperor: "The censor Huo Tao, the capital of the minister, impeached and wrote Xia Yan, the official secretary of Qin Dewei's Affiliated Ministry, and openly advocated for Xia Yan's entry into the cabinet. Some ministers formed a clique. It's true!"

Wang Tingxiang, Zhang Chao and other ministers who were close to Qin Dewei were thinking in a hurry how to help Qin Dewei excuse him.

This is also a technical job. Huo Tao's accusation is actually a bit "real hammer", and it is not easy to get rid of it completely.

Before everyone could come up with a Ding Mao, they heard Qin Dewei shouting: "The minister wrote about Qin Dewei, impeached Huo Tao, the censor of Zuodu, and framed the minister!"

Fog Grass!Everyone forcibly interrupted their train of thought, focused their gaze again, and looked at Qin Dewei in astonishment.

It is indeed Qin Dewei's style to be tough with the needle point against the wheat awn, but it is not wise to be so tough now.

If Qin Dewei really advocated Jiangxi people to join the cabinet, then Huo Tao's accusation is actually justified, and it is not a frame-up, let alone pointing a deer into a horse.

When Qin Dewei said this, he seemed empty-mouthed and exasperated, and almost rolled around like a poor donkey.

This is an imperial court, not a street, so to play and roll in front of the emperor is definitely asking for trouble!
Qin Dewei played to Emperor Jiajing again: "I would like to ask Huo Tao a few words, so as to set the record straight!"

After getting permission, Qin Dewei turned his head to Huo Tao and asked: "Dare to ask Huo Zhongcheng, what I said below is that people from Jiangxi should join the cabinet, why is it Afuxia Zhongzai?"

Huo Tao sneered again: "Who is it if it's not Xia Yan? Is there a second Jiangxi native in the court who can join the cabinet?"

Qin Dewei let out a long sigh: "When I say this, what I miss in my heart is Fei Shaoshi, the chief assistant from Jiangxi ten years ago. He is still alive!"

Huo Tao: "."

Xia Yan: "."

The Fei Shaoshi that Qin Dewei mentioned, surnamed Fei and named Hong, was the No. 23 scholar in Chenghua for 20 years, and was [-] years old at the time. He was the youngest No. [-] scholar in Ming Dynasty before Qin Dewei.

In the third year of Jiajing period, Fei Hong was a junior teacher, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and a bachelor of Jinshendian University, and was the chief assistant at that time.

Not long afterwards, Fei Hong became an official and returned to his hometown of Jiangxi in order to make way for Zhang Fujing (璁).

The point is that Fei Hong is still alive and may still be the oldest person in the officialdom.

They have all gone through the four dynasties of Chenghua, Hongzhi, Zhengde, and Jiajing, and it has been a total of 48 years.

The ministers were all stunned, and the hall fell into a bewildered silence, and everyone couldn't keep up with Qin Dewei's thinking like a flying fairy outside the sky.

Qin Dewei turned around and said to the emperor: "According to the Ming Dynasty's law, those who make a false accusation will sit back! Your servant, please punish Huo Tao, who is accusing him of being a horse!"

Jiajing: "."

Who is this horse-riding person who is referring to a deer as a horse?
(End of this chapter)