Manchu traitor, how can you let me be the emperor of the ages

Chapter 245 Ting Pushes Two Ministers
Thinking of Cai Bian, Sima Guang's eyes became complicated.

But now that he is in the Gongyuan, I am afraid that Tingtui, who is connected, will not be able to participate.

"Well..."

Sima Guang sighed softly. If he was outside, he probably wouldn't know what to do, and he was more in a dilemma.

So it's not bad to be able to enter the Gongyuan and escape from all this...

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The servant of Zhengsanpin is already a core member of the imperial court. At this point, he has already touched the bottom line of the imperial court.

Their candidates are no longer decided by the edict of the Ministry of Education or the Ministry of Officials alone. This requires the public selection of many ministers in the court.

The imperial city was extremely noisy today, and the officials were disturbed by the noisy officials for another day. At the same time, an anxious atmosphere was brewing in the undercurrent of the capital.

The next day, Qianyang Hall went to court early.

The door of the temple was closed tightly, and a few faint rays of morning light came in from the window, but it could only illuminate a small area outside.

The depths of Qianyang Hall are still dim, except for the red-golden dragon chair, because of its special craftsmanship, even in the dark, there is a subtle golden glow faintly flowing.

The ministers raised their heads and vaguely saw the figure of His Majesty sitting above him, but his face was almost entirely hidden in the darkness.

At today's court meeting, another minister proposed to elect the Minister of the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Rites.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Rites are the busiest places in Shangshu Province. You cannot live without a servant. Your Majesty also asks the Ministry of Officials to preside over the court as soon as possible. Too many affairs of the court have been delayed..."

Many ministers glanced coldly at the person who spoke up, but most of them still looked the same and ignored it at all.

This kind of ignorant speech is simply not too much.

But the ministers did not expect that His Majesty the Emperor, who usually didn't respond at all, would respond to him this time.

"What Liu Qing's family said makes sense."

Li Gan nodded slightly, motioning the minister who spoke to sit back, and then he turned his gaze to Wang Mang and Guan Peng.

"Now that the examination has begun, and the imperial court is no longer so busy, it's time to put the court's push on the agenda."

The ministers were stunned when they heard the words.

Didn't you say you have to wait?What do you mean now?
The members of the Cai party were even more caught off guard. If the court push is really held in the past few days, I am afraid they will suffer a big loss.

Li Jing, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was locked into the Gongyuan as Zhigongju, and in the court push, his vote would probably be for the candidate of the Cai party.

Shangshu's one vote is still very important, maybe it can drive the two servants below, and one vote can drive three votes.

Can this be the case now...

"Your Majesty, the test is being held now. Is it inappropriate to hold a court push now?"

Gao Xun couldn't help cupping his hands and said: "As Your Majesty said a few days ago, there is no rush for the election. Why don't we let the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Accounts be busy for a while, and then select after the examination is over?"

Li Gan pondered for a moment, Gao Xun took his words to kidnap him, but Li Gan had no choice.

He can't admit that what he said before is fart, right?

"The words of Gao Qing's family are indeed reasonable. The examination is currently in progress, and the imperial court can't let go of the examination. One has to be dealt with before another one can be done."

The implication is that if one has been dealt with, then the other can be done.

Li Qian turned his head to look at the ministers below, and said apologetically to Guan Peng and Wang Mang: "Wang Zongbo, Guan Shilang, you just keep busy with the affairs of the yamen, and make additions after the meeting, how about it?"

The ministers felt something was wrong one after another, this attitude was clearly wrong!

Why don't you want to push?I'm in a hurry to choose a servant!

Wang Mang was silent for a moment before he said: "Go back to Your Majesty, I am willing to share your worries for His Majesty, and will be in charge of all the errands of the Ministry of Rites in recent days."

"It's just that the right servant of the Ministry of Rites must be selected as soon as possible. If it is delayed until after the general examination, it will be too late."

Li Qian nodded expressionlessly and said nothing more.

The ministers also felt that this kind of ambiguous attitude seemed kind of muddy at first glance. It seemed that they had said everything, but they didn't say anything.

A bit of dissatisfaction flashed in the eyes of the members of the Cai party, but they naturally couldn't say anything at this time. After all, Wang Mang didn't owe them anything, but they still owed him favors.

Moreover, this kind of behavior of seizing power in public is very dangerous, and it is easy to be suspected by others.

Minister of the Ministry of Rites was originally the head of the Ministry of Rites. He has the power to control the Ministry of Rites in name, and since the two servants of the Ministry of Rites are not around, he is likely to gradually eliminate dissidents and turn the Ministry of Rites into his one-spoken hall.

This is inconsistent with the imperial court's strategy of preventing the chief officials of various ministries from sitting on the throne!
"Your Majesty, please be sympathetic to the officials of the court. The affairs of the Ministry of Rites are so busy, how can they all be burdened on Uncle Da Zong?"

"The ceremony is the busiest time for the Ministry of Rites. Uncle Da Zong may not be able to support it alone. Please consider it carefully, Your Majesty."

"The sincerity of Uncle Da Zong is heartbreaking, but His Majesty must not chill the hearts of loyal ministers..."

Many ministers were aware of the problem, and they spoke to His Majesty the Emperor one by one, and at the same time they were warning others.

"quiet!"

Under the high voice of the old eunuch, these talents gradually subsided.

Li Gan waved his hand helplessly: "Don't worry, gentlemen, I will definitely not wrong Uncle Da Zong."

Then he turned his head to look at Guan Peng.

Guan Peng also sensed His Majesty's intentions, and clasped his hands bitterly, and played: "Your Majesty, Uncle Da Zong is still the Secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the minister is only a servant, how can he take on the important position of the entire Ministry of Households?"

"What's more, now that the Household Department is shouldering heavy responsibilities, and Prime Minister Yan is not in the capital, the minister dare not transfer without permission. Please ask the Ministry of Officials to recommend the right servant of the Household Department as soon as possible, so that the minister can have a helper."

Li Gan nodded, this guy is very smart, he only talked about the servant of the household department who is related to him, but did not mention the matter of the Ministry of Rites.

The ministers looked at this scene and were a little surprised.

The situation in the court was changing rapidly. Just now, almost everyone thought that the official surnamed Liu was going to return without success, but they didn't expect that the Ministry of Rites had vague opinions in a flash, and the Ministry of Households directly gave a result that was beyond everyone's expectations!
Why is this?

Is it because of the emperor's attitude?

"It seems that it is really inappropriate for the two Qing families to support the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Rites alone..."

Li Ganruo thoughtfully said: "The reason why I wanted to wait a few days ago is because the exam is right in front of me, so I can't be distracted."

"But after the candidates entered the venue yesterday, I realized that this matter does not involve much energy, so there is no need to delay the matter of court selection."

At this point, Li Gan finally rounded up what he had said at the court meeting a few days ago, and other ministers would no longer be able to find this loophole.

Li Qian turned his head and looked at Wang Danwang of the Ministry of Officials: "Wang Shilang, the Ministry of Officials will come up with a list of candidates for officials as soon as possible, and give it to Zhenhe Zhongshu to review, and choose a good day for the court to recommend!"

Wang Danwang stepped out and responded, "Yes, Your Majesty."

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Tingtui is actually a very ceremonial event, and some officials even call it the ceremony of pushing.

Of course, when the court pushes the prime minister and the minister to shoot, it is called a big ceremony, so let's just choose a small servant.

Unlike Tingyi and Tingbi, this Tingtui does not require the emperor to attend.

Not only the emperor, but the Six Departments once wanted to put the left and right prime ministers, Zhongshu, and all officials under the sect on the prohibited list, preventing them from attending court meetings, or in other words, court officials that had nothing to do with the inner court, and officials of the inner court did not need to attend.

Because there are many officials in the outer court, most of the time it is the outer court officials who are vacant, but when the court pushes, there are always inner court officials pointing and pointing, which really makes them feel awkward, so the outer court officials really want to put These people get kicked out.

But in the end their wishes were not fulfilled, and they failed to remove some officials from the inner court.

A few days before the court push, the Ministry of Officials will draw up a list of candidates for officials, ranging from seven to ten candidates for a position.

In the end, the list will be sent to the Inner Court, approved by the emperor and Zhongshu Province, and then returned to the Ministry of Officials after being reviewed by the Menxia Province.

Then the Ministry of Officials issued a document to each department, and notified each official who needed to participate in the court push in advance in writing, telling them the time and place of the court push.

In addition, in order to ensure that the adults can make preparations in advance, along with the notification document, there is also a list of alternate officials, as well as their hometowns and resumes.

Of course, the latter can only be regarded as a bonus and cannot be placed on the bright side.

After all the preparatory work is done, the court push will begin, and after the court push is completed, the results will be sent to the emperor for ruling.

Don't think that the emperor can't participate in the court push, just go to soy sauce. In fact, the emperor plays one of the most important roles in it and has the final decision.

The Tingtui usually selects two to three officials, one is the front pusher and one or two accompanying pushers, and the emperor has to choose the final result among these people.

If the emperor is dissatisfied with the selected people, he also has the right to deny. Simply put, he can call back and push again, and there is no limit to the number of calls. As long as he is still dissatisfied, he can always call back.

Of course, such near powers will also be limited.

Although Li Qian could call back the result of the election, he couldn't decide the result of the election. For example, he paid special attention to Zhang San and sent back everyone except Zhang San.

But if the ministers don't choose Zhang San, there is nothing he can do.

After hundreds of years of evolution, the rights of Daqian are so intertwined, you restrict me, I restrict you, everyone can't do too outrageous things, to ensure that Dagan's broken car is rickety drive on.

Li Gan left, the court dispersed, and all the courtiers looked different.

This confrontation started from the moment of Sanchao.

First of all, many people have already been eliminated in the first step of the struggle. The list of candidates is drawn up by the Ministry of Officials, but the superiors and chief officials who have vacant official positions also have the right to make suggestions.

In addition, this candidate list has to be reviewed by the emperor, Zhongshu, and the door, and any one of them can exert influence on this list.

Under the fierce confrontation of all parties, a list was released within three days. Among them, there were nine candidates for the right servant of the Ministry of household affairs, and only eight candidates for the right servant of the Ministry of rites, and there were duplications between the two. of.

After the list came out, Ting Tui followed suit.

To put it bluntly, Tingtui is voting. Everyone casts a vote for their favorite target, and finally calculates who gets the most votes.

The location of Tingtui is in the East Room of Guangqing Hall outside Chengtianmen, which can be regarded as a small auditorium for officials of the Outer Dynasty, and most important events of the Outer Dynasty cannot be separated from this place.

There was no early court today, and many officials who were eligible to participate in the court promotion all got up very early, and came to this court room before Mao time.

The east-facing room sits north and faces south, and is divided into a large room and two small rooms, which are complete and systematic.

Civil officials value this kind of thing the most, because it can reflect their majesty, not only the court, but also the posture when the court pushes.

First of all, there are two postures for court pushing, sitting and standing.

When encountering the selection of prime ministers, ministers, ministers, Otsuka ministers, and great Sima, everyone stood up and worked. This was to show respect for the prime ministers, officials and ministers of the Ministry of war.

And to recommend other ministers, ministers of Dali Temple, general political envoys, ministers, etc., there is no need to be so troublesome, just sit on a chair and rest.

It's ironic to say that when facing the emperor in the court, all he had to do was sit quietly, but now he was just electing a prime minister, but all had to stand up to show respect.

But after all, if it is not in front of the emperor, everyone will let themselves go.

The atmosphere here is more relaxed than that of the court meeting. The ministers who came here have already sat down, and you talk and I laugh and chat.

"Young Situ, the vote that was agreed last time may have some changes today..." One of the officials in the scarlet robe said helplessly to Guan Peng.

"What variable?" Guan Peng was startled at first, and then asked with a fierce look on his face.

Those who can come to participate in the court promotion today are all officials of the third grade or above. Normally, they would try not to offend if they can, but today's occasion is different.

Promising good things in advance and then going back on the moment, is very disrespectful, and don't you think about the consequences when you do such things?
"Haha~"

The official also knew that he was wrong, and explained with a dry smile: "It's not that the official didn't believe what he said and repented temporarily, but that Mr. Cai... gave a new condition so that my younger brother can reach the fourth rank as soon as possible. , as a county magistrate."

Guan Peng secretly rolled his eyes, don't you call it dishonesty?Compared with you, Cai Jing is considered a trustworthy person.

"Master Sun, just tell me what you want to do?"

Guan Peng stared straight at him, now there is only a moment before Ting Tui starts, and there is no time to chat with him anymore.

"Young Situ..."

The official surnamed Sun showed an apologetic smile: "For so many years, my younger brother has been stuck in the fifth grade, and this has not only become his heart disease, but also this official's heart disease."

"Now that there is an opportunity, how can this old man give up?"

Guan Peng's face darkened: "Master Sun, I hope you will think carefully about it again. You were very happy when you agreed to this officer."

In this court promotion, the Yan Party is not greedy. They only aim at the position of Minister, and they want to gather everyone's strength to send Zhao Wenhua up.

Such an important matter cannot be missed, but if there is a problem with this old man, it will definitely be his later settlement.

Mr. Sun seemed to have sensed the threat in Guan Peng's words. With a look of sadness on his face, he couldn't help but said, "Young Situ, that's my brother!"

"So there's nothing to talk about?" Guan Peng's face became more ruthless, and he dared to backstab Yan Dang at such a critical moment. Have you considered the consequences?

Mr. Sun trembled when he saw him, turned his head to look around, saw that no one noticed this side, then lowered his neck, and said in a low voice:
"You have to pay more."

(End of this chapter)