Daming talker

Chapter 576 The Difficulty of the Court Recommendation

Minister Wang Yongji is old and frail, and he really doesn't have the energy to argue with Lin Tailai here.

What's more, other officials were about to arrive one after another, and Wang Yongji, who was not thick-skinned enough, did not want to be laughed at by others.

Another way is to call nearby government troops to drive away the troublemakers.

Minister Wang looked around and found that all the government troops nearby were either facing away from him or looking up at the sky in deep thought, turning a deaf ear to any movement in the outside world.

This fully demonstrates that in addition to emotional intelligence and connections, personal ability is also very important in the officialdom.

If one's personal abilities are insufficient, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in many situations.

Finally, Minister Wang shook his sleeves and went into the East Courtyard angrily, pretending that he had not seen Lin Tailai!
Anyway, the imperial recommendation is the imperial court's recommendation, and it is not Wang Yongji's personal affair, so there is no need to argue with Lin Tailai.

Lin Tailai continued to practice his stick dance at the door of the east house. When he saw an acquaintance coming, he greeted them.

As one of the top nine in civil and military examinations, especially one of the top six in literary examinations, no matter how high or low Lin Tailai's official rank is, he is not inferior to anyone in terms of appearance.

Even if one is a little willful and rude, others will tolerate it. This is the privilege of the imperial examination myth and the human-shaped auspicious sign.

Prime Minister Shen was often offended by Lin Tailai, but he still accepted it with a pinch of his nose. This is one of the reasons.

Lin Tailai had just sent in Shi Xing, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, when he turned around and saw an acquaintance. He leaned on his stick and greeted him enthusiastically, saying:
"Isn't this Young Master Yang? When did you secretly get promoted from the Governor of Fengyang to the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue? How come I didn't notice it?

Even you can be promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, which shows that there are still loopholes in the work of our Ministry of Personnel."

Yang Junmin, who came from a wealthy family, was originally a graceful man, but now his face was so dark that it looked like ink was dripping.

Among the ministers present, he was probably the first person to know Lin Tailai. At that time, Lin Tailai was still a small-time punk!

As a result, he suffered the most misfortune at the hands of Lin Tailai and was even captured by the rebels for a time.

The dignified Governor of Fengyang in Jiangbei did not even dare to go to Yangzhou, the largest city in Jiangbei!

Yang Junmin felt very uncomfortable watching Lin Tailai jumping around in the court for the past year.

He once wanted to quit officialdom and return to his hometown to inherit a million-dollar fortune so that he could get out of sight and out of mind.

But they were stopped by their fellow villagers, otherwise the Shanxi Gang would have no one to follow up.

In the end, it was the Minister of Revenue, Wang Situ, who put an end to Lin Tailai's flattering behavior, "If you want to come in, go in, don't get in the way here."

There is no fixed procedure for the deliberation of the court, and it may be different in each dynasty. The Jiajing Dynasty was one way, and the Wanli Dynasty was another way.

Just like the operating mechanism of the Ming Dynasty court, it has been changing dynamically and there are no fixed rules.

Moreover, the number of participants is relatively loose, so it doesn’t matter if one or two or a few people are missing.

Even if a minister is on the list of attendees, some may not come unless they are power-hungry or the matter is unimportant. Not everyone is as active as Lin Tailai.

But when it comes to such an important matter as nominating the Minister of Personnel, most people still want to take a look and say a few words.

There are more than twenty big guys present today, which is considered to be a relatively large number of people.

In addition, as ministers of the inner court, the Grand Secretaries of the Cabinet generally do not participate in court discussions and recommendations outside the court, unless the emperor grants special permission.

Seeing that the number of people was roughly the same, Wang Yongji, the Right Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, was the first to speak:

"I am of little virtue and talent, and I am weak and out of breath, so it is not easy for me to speak. Therefore, I would like to hand over today's court to the Grand Tutor to preside over it."

This is also a common situation. If the Minister of Personnel is the number one figure in the outer court, the Minister of Revenue is nominally the number two.

In the outer court meetings, the meeting was generally chaired by the Minister of Personnel. If the Minister of Personnel was absent, the Minister of Revenue would preside over the meeting.

A bunch of ministers and censors are here today. Wang Yongji feels that he is a little weak and does not want to preside over it.

"I object!" Just as You Shilang Wang finished his words and before Dasitu Wang could show any humility, a tall and majestic figure jumped out.

The twenty or so bigwigs present today looked at Lin Tailai in silence.

Wang Situ is the brother-in-law of you, Lin Tailai. Don’t you even let your own people go?
Lin Tailai expressed his own opinion: "It is not a bad idea to let the Grand Tutor take charge of general affairs.

But today it is our Ministry of Personnel’s business. How can we let an outsider take charge of it?

I, Lin Tailai, am a person who clearly distinguishes between public and private affairs. I have to stand up and say that it is extremely inappropriate for the Grand Tutor to preside over the recommendation of the Minister of Personnel!"

Wang Yongji asked, "Who do you think is suitable?"

Lin Tailai replied: "Since we cannot delegate this to an outsider, then it can only be handled by the Ministry of Personnel. Since the Junior Prime Minister has declined, then I am the only one left in the Ministry of Personnel."

Everyone: "."

Hurry up and fill in the positions of Minister of Personnel and Left Vice Minister! Otherwise, I'm afraid Lin Tailai will cause a big uproar in the Ministry of Personnel!
While thinking about this, everyone looked at the nominally second-in-command of the outer court, the Minister of Revenue Wang Zhiyuan.

The only person who is now qualified to preside over high-level meetings of the outer court is Wang Situ.

Wang Situ said casually: "I'm just a host to start a conversation. It won't affect anyone's choice. Let Lin Jiuyuan do it!" Even Wang Situ didn't argue, let alone others with lower priority than Wang Situ.

Lin Tailai took the lead and gave a formal opening speech: "After discussion by the Ministry of Personnel, three candidates for the position of Minister of Personnel were nominated, namely, Wang Shizhen, Minister of Nanjing Ministry of Justice, Wu Shilai, Left Censor-in-Chief, and Lu Guangzu, Minister of Justice.

Today, all of you have gathered in this court to decide who will be the main nominee, and the other two will be the supporting nominees. Please feel free to speak your mind!"

In theory, the Minister of Personnel and cabinet ministers can only be appointed by the emperor himself, so the nature of the recommendation of ministers in the court is a bit like selecting the top scholar in the palace examination.

In the palace examination, the ministers who read the papers would provisionally decide the first, second and third places, and finally submit them to the emperor. If the emperor had no objection, the places would be decided.

As for the court recommendation, there is one main candidate temporarily, and the others are recommended as supporting candidates. The results are also submitted to the emperor, and if the emperor has no objection, it is considered a decision.

Lin Tailai's opening remarks were very good, but they successfully created a dull effect. Among the more than 20 bigwigs present, no one spoke.

Maybe everyone is not used to it and doesn't know how to speak to a fifth-grade host.

It is also possible that some people deliberately kept silent in order to embarrass Lin Tailai.

As a time traveler, how could Lin Tailai be stumped by such a small situation?
Then he said, "Since none of you are speaking, I will take the initiative to ask. Those who support the Minister of Justice Lu Guangzu, please raise your hands!"

I have experienced this kind of voting scenes many times in my previous life. It can be used right away. It is simple and convenient.

But the other bigwigs present heard such a call for the first time and did not react. They usually did not have the habit of raising their hands to vote.

So they all stared at Lin Tailai subconsciously and did not react for a while.

Lin Tailai quickly said, "No one raised their hands. It seems that no one supports Lu Guangzu! Next person, Wu Shilai! Raise your hands if you support him!"

Holy shit! The big guys who came to their senses were in an uproar. Are you serious, Lin Tailai?
The Minister of Industry Song Xun angrily rebuked: "Lin Tailai! Seriously! Stop those tricks that fool the world!"

Seeing that it was Song Xun, a high-ranking figure of the Qingliu faction, Lin Tailai lashed back without any hesitation:

"I gave you a chance to speak, but you didn't; I gave you a chance to raise your hand, but you didn't!

Now you are blaming me again? What do you want? Is it okay for you, the Minister of Industry, to preside over the imperial examination?"

Song Xun was not good at debate and was not young either, so he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

Several big guys shouted together: "Do it again!"

Of course, Lin Tailai could not go against the "public opinion" of a group of bigwigs, but he could not just give in so easily.

Once he loses his momentum, he as the host will lose control of the rhythm!
Therefore, Lin Tailai shouted loudly: "We can start over! But if there is anyone who interrupts like Song Xun again, then we will break up. I will report directly that no one supports Lu Guangzu!"

Wang Situ came out again to smooth things over and finally "appeased" Lin Tailai.

Then Lin Tailai said: "The three candidates are all highly respected people. There is no need to judge their merits and demerits today. That is the duty of the censors.

This is a gentleman's dispute. We should not slander or attack each other. You should just express your support for whoever you support."

If comments are allowed, Wang Shizhen, this old official, certainly does not have a resume as impressive as Lu Guangzu, so let's just skip the part of evaluating the character.

Lin Tailai was very worried about Wang Laohunzi's future career in the government.

Afraid that the big guys would react and cause trouble again, the host Lin Tailai quickly asked, "Who agrees with the recommendation of Wang Shizhen, the Southern Chief Justice?"

Wang Zhiyuan, the Minister of Finance, had no choice but to stand up and say firmly: "I agree!"

Then, the Left Vice Minister of War Shi Xing, the Right Vice Minister of War Jian Da, the Right Vice Minister of Rites Li Chun, and the Right Vice Minister of Works Zhong Zhengji also spoke up in agreement.

After Lin Tailai took a quick look at the situation, he basically understood it.

The reason why Wang Shizhen was nominated was not only because there was really no one else available, but also because Wang Shizhen had dominated the literary world for decades and had accumulated some connections.

Shi Xing, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, was one of the five figures of a certain generation of the retro-styled faction. How could he not support Wang Shizhen at this time?
Jian Da, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, who was from Chongqing Wei, was a fellow townsman of Zhang Jiayin, the leader of the retro-style Seven Masters.

If Wang Shizhen had not been nominated, these two people would probably have supported someone else.

As for Li Chun, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, it was because he was at odds with another candidate, Lu Guangzu, that he was willing to support Wang Shizhen.

The Right Vice Minister of Works, Zhong Zhenji, was a relationship that Lin Tailai had established himself. Zhong Zhenji had once served as the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture and disliked Dong Qichang's poor handwriting when he was young.

Up to now, there are five people who have clearly expressed their support for Wang Shizhen, which is a bit small.

There are more than twenty people present here, and only five people supporting us is not enough!

Lin Tailai quickly calculated in his mind the number of people who would definitely support Lu Guangzu. No matter how you counted them, they were definitely more than Wang Shizhen's supporters.

Tsk, it’s difficult. Court promotion is really difficult. Lin Tailai, who was personally involved for the first time, sighed inwardly.

No wonder Prime Minister Shen couldn't completely control the court recommendations. I finally understood it after taking action myself.

There are more than 20 people, all of whom are big bosses in the mountain, and each of them has his own ideas. The difficulty level is indeed extremely high.

(End of this chapter)