Prince of Chaos

Chapter 232 The prime minister starts from the state and county
How did the Wanmin Umbrella come about? I really don't know for a while.

Therefore, when the cabinet and the Ministry of Rituals checked the classics in a hurry, it was also a headache. There was no evidence to check the situation that the people gave the emperor the Wanmin Umbrella.

However, it can't be stopped now, and it doesn't make sense to stop it from being delivered.So, now that Wang Xijue and Fan Qian are sitting together, they are almost worried.

"Wang Fu, what should we do?"

Although Fan Qian is the Minister of Rites, it doesn't mean that Fan Qian is very familiar with all kinds of etiquette.The reason why he was an official was because the imperial court had this official.

If we really want to test Fan Qian's knowledge of etiquette, he may not be as good as those unranked clerks in the yamen of the Ministry of Rites. Therefore, when he received this task, Fan Qian almost plucked all the beard under his chin.

This question is really too difficult!
Wang Xijue looked at Fan Qian with an uneasy face, "You are the Minister of Rites, so you can handle this matter according to your discretion."

When Fan Qian heard this, he was about to drop the pick.

"Wang Fu, the emperor's order is for the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites to investigate the etiquette situation together. This matter is not just our Ministry of Rites."

Wang Xijue said: "That's right, now the cabinet has followed the emperor's order and assigned tasks to the Ministry of Rites. You should act according to the order now, and quickly find out the etiquette system of Wanminsan."

Fan Qian: "."

This is really crushing people at the top level of government. Emperor Wanli's will is clearly for the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites.

How can Fan Qian bear it?Fan Qian has heard of Wanmin Umbrella, but he has never seen it before.I just know that the Wanmin Umbrella is an umbrella presented by the local people to praise the benevolent government of the magistrate.The rest, what's going on.Fan Qian couldn't figure out what was going on.

So, now Fan Qian is also in trouble.

Looking at the time in the hourglass, Fan Qian couldn't help getting angry. According to the current time from Xishanhuangzhuang to the palace, although the big team walked a bit slower, this time will definitely not give him too much time. ample.

According to Shuntian Mansion's estimated time, it will take at most two hours for the people of Xishan to arrive at Daming Gate.And now, Wang Xijue has brought him here to chat for half an hour.Emperor Wanli was still happily waiting for the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites to present the etiquette norms.

The remaining one and a half hours is not enough!

Fan Qian was almost dying of worry.

The reason why Fan Qian was so worried about this matter was because he had never had the experience of a magistrate, and he had never experienced this kind of people's praise of virtue.Now that the matter was suddenly brought to the fore, it was the emperor who accepted the Wanmin Umbrella from the common people, Fan Qian couldn't help feeling extremely anxious.

Speaking of Fan Qian's situation, at this time we have to talk about the official selection system of the Ming Dynasty.

According to the ancient saying that "the prime minister must start from the state, and the strong general must be sent from the army", it stands to reason that almost all senior officials should have experience in local governance.However, after the Ming Dynasty, it was not like this.

In the promotion of officials in the Ming Dynasty, more emphasis was placed on the background of Jinshi. For example, the number one scholar, if he was hand-picked as the number one scholar, he would generally be awarded the post of editor of the Imperial Academy by the imperial court, and he would be an official of the sixth rank.The second place, Tanhua will be awarded the editor of the Imperial Academy.

If the rest of the Jinshi want to enter the Imperial Academy, they have to take another exam. If they pass the exam, they will be awarded the position of Shu Jishi in the Imperial Academy.After having the experience of the Imperial Academy, the trajectory of my life has been quite different since then.

Because, in the Ming Dynasty, after Emperor Yingzong, there was an unspoken rule that "non-jinshi cannot enter the Hanlin, and non-Hanlin cannot enter the cabinet".It is precisely because of the existence of this unspoken rule that an extremely rare phenomenon appeared in the Ming Dynasty, that is, the number of people who went from the number one scholar to the prime minister (cabinet bachelor) turned out to be the most in all dynasties, including Hu Guang, Chen Dun, and Peng Shi. , Shanglu, Shenshihang and other 17 people.

From this probability, we can see how strict the Ming Dynasty valued birth.Therefore, this unspoken rule has imperceptibly prevented many senior officials with real talents from advancing.It is precisely because of this that many Jinshi Hanlin may have never been out of Beijing to serve in their lives, but they walked steadily to the center of the empire step by step, to give pointers to the country, and to inspire writing.Therefore, this also caused some reforms in the late Ming Dynasty to always have a limitation problem, that is, all reforms were superficial, and they were never able to point directly to the essence and solved the problem to the point.

For example, Zhang Juzheng, known as the prime minister who saved the time, also had such problems. Of course, one of his whipping methods increased the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty and strengthened the assessment and supervision of officials.However, his reforms have never fundamentally solved the real problems encountered by the people at the bottom.The people at the bottom are still the poorest and most miserable group of people.They have never received the dividends brought about by Zhang Juzheng's reform.

Therefore, his reforms are like duckweed without roots, and they will be terminated when he dies. .Of course, Zhang Juzheng's reformed policies were completely rejected, and the biggest reason for this may be his good student, Emperor Wanli.However, the shoufu or grand scholars who came up later did not implement his policy again. It can be seen that there are still reasons for this, and the biggest reason is the introversion of senior officials themselves.

In the imperial court, there are almost no high-ranking and powerful civil positions that can be conferred, except for the six ministers and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.Faced with these only positions and even rarer old cabinet positions, these officials have no choice but to infiltrate their backgrounds.

After all, there was no retirement age limit for senior officials in ancient times. Most senior officials worked hard to the end, and many died in office.Of course, there are also some people who will consciously "beg for bones" at the meeting, and retire in such a way as returning home. However, the senior officials who retired in this way, the main reason why they can retreat so actively That is, if the political struggle failed or lost the support of the emperor, they could only leave in despair.However, such are too few.

Therefore, under such a crazy and introverted political ecology, there is not much room for young people.Since there are not many positions left, those with poor grades and backgrounds naturally have even less chance to stand out.

Therefore, under such a political ecology, there is no choice but to involve.

Emperor Wanli waited for a long time in the Qianqing Palace, with several sets of dragon robes beside him, waiting for the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites to present the etiquette process for accepting the Wanmin Umbrella. However, the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites remained silent.At this time, the process has not yet been delivered.

In this way, Chen Ju reported again that the people from Xishan who sent Wanmin umbrellas would arrive at Daming Gate in less than half an hour.

Don't be anxious to kill Emperor Wanli.

Therefore, Emperor Wanli's face is extremely ugly now, and he feels that he has been slighted by the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites.

(End of this chapter)