Daming talker

Chapter 626 Chaotic Personnel (asking for monthly tickets!)

Lin Tailai shouted, but for a moment no one stood up to "listen to the order."

This made Lin Tailai, who was holding the iron spear, wonder in his heart, isn't it just the nomination being invalidated? Is it so scary?

Just as Lin Tailai was about to shout again, someone finally walked out from the crowd. It was He Yishang, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, an old man who had been in jail with Hai Rui and had been nominated as a candidate for the Minister of the Ministry of the Imperial Household.

However, Old Man He did not look at Lin Tailai, but stared straight at the iron spear in Lin Tailai's hand, his eyes seemed a little fanatical.

Being stabbed to death in a place like the Meridian Gate can be considered as a record of one's life, right?
This kind of courage to face death head-on was more effective than the swords and guns of the Jinyiwei officers and the imperial guards. Lin Tailai was forced to take a few steps back involuntarily.

He was afraid of being scammed. If the old man deliberately ran into the tip of the spear, he would have no way to explain himself.

So Lin Tailai stopped making a fuss and said loudly: "The emperor has ordered that all previous nominations for the Minister of Revenue, the Minister of Works, the Minister of the Supreme Court, and the Minister of the Imperial Household are invalid!"

Lin Tailai's voice echoed among the crowd of officials, causing huge psychological fluctuations.

It was difficult for everyone to understand how Lin Tailai could reverse this result despite the nine ministers in the cabinet.
Are the Grand Secretaries and the Shangshu and Chief Censors all useless? They just watched the emperor being lobbied by Lin Tailai?

In fact, for most people, this is "good" news - the original nomination is invalidated, so doesn't it mean they have another chance?
But for Shi Xing, Zeng Tongheng, Yang Junmin, Zhou Cai, Qi Shichen and others, it was quite disastrous, as it meant that they were completely out of this good opportunity for promotion.

Therefore, some people looked at Shi Xing, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of War. If the final result was like this, Shi Xing, who was "caught between two ends", might be the one who suffered the most.

As a senior Jinshi who had obtained the title of Jinshi in the 38th year of Jiajing, he was only half a step away from becoming a Shangshu, but now he was afraid that he would never have the chance to move up to the next level in his lifetime.

Although Old Man He, who was facing Lin Tailai, was also nominated as the Minister of Imperial Household Department, he did not care much about the promotion to half rank. He asked soberly, "Why did His Majesty have such an order?"

Lin Tailai bowed towards the Meridian Gate and replied, "The emperor's plan is lofty and far-reaching. How dare a minister speculate?"

Old Man He asked again: "Were you the one who made the suggestion to His Majesty?"

Lin Tailai nodded and answered frankly: "I did advise His Majesty that all the nominees were traitors, and I retired and returned home.

But the emperor is wise and sagacious, and did not believe the treacherous party’s words, and only rewarded me with a vacation and the Chengzu Spear. "

Old Man He was also in this wave of nominations. When he heard the word "traitor", he suddenly felt dizzy, his breathing became difficult, and his body became shaky.

You are not clean! You powerful officials are engaged in political struggles. Why do you think of yourself for no reason? When you are old, you are suspected of being a traitor!
Seeing that Old Man He was about to fall, Lin Tailai immediately strode away from the scene and ran away again.

Not every old person is as strong as Hai Rui, so they have to hide when they need to.

After an unknown amount of time, the cabinet ministers came down from the Meridian Gate and the emperor returned to the palace.

The Prime Minister Shen Shixing suddenly stopped Wang Tianguan and said, "Go back to the Ministry of Personnel and tell Lin Tailai that his real troubles have just begun. If he gets carried away and makes a mistake, don't blame others."

Wang Tianguan couldn't even tell whether the Prime Minister was just trying to be brave after losing or was giving a sincere reminder?
After thinking about it carefully, the Prime Minister's words do make some sense.

Now that everyone else has given up, Lin Tailai has become the only one who is being noticed. Every personnel option will be widely discussed and even heard by the top officials.

Coordinating and arranging so many positions at the same time and ensuring that the new court team can operate stably is still a test of political skills.

Generally speaking, this is a job that only the Prime Minister or the Minister of Personnel can do.

In addition, Lin Tailai has a weakness that he can never solve. There are too few available middle and senior management personnel, and he has no choice even if he wants to arrange his own people.

In other words, although a very favorable situation has been achieved, it is difficult to monetize it.

However, Wang Tianguan felt that there was no need for him to worry so much. These were things that Lin Tailai should worry about. Why should he think so much?
The next day, the sun rose as usual. Wang Tianguan came to the Ministry of Personnel to work and sat in the court to drink some tea.

Then he sighed slightly, thinking that the Ministry of Personnel would be very busy during this period and that many positions would have to be re-selected.

After expressing his feelings, Wang Tianguan ordered his followers: "Pass the message to all officials! Let's hold a meeting today!"

The attendant reminded: "Lin Kaogong has not arrived yet, and no one knows when he will arrive."

So Wang Tianguan ordered again: "Pass the message to all officials! Don't go out, wait for the meeting today, and start when Lin Jiuyuan arrives!"

At this time, Lin Tailai was in the Ministry of Rites' Department of Guests and Guests, verbally commending the officials of the Department for the successful holding of the prisoner presentation ceremony yesterday.

But before he had finished his speech, the Minister of Rites Yu Shenxing came over. Lin Tailai had no choice but to ask everyone to leave and then sit down to talk with Yu.

As the saying goes, when you pay a courtesy to someone, you must have something to ask for. Yu Shangshu condescended to visit, of course, he had a purpose.

"What?" Lin Tailai was surprised. "You said you want to be transferred to the Minister of Revenue?"

Although such transfers are relatively rare, in terms of hardware conditions, the Minister of Rites can be transferred to the Minister of Revenue, and there are no institutional obstacles.

Yu Shenxing smiled bitterly and said, "You should also understand that you can't stay in this position of Minister of Rites any longer.

It just so happens that there is a vacancy for the Minister of Revenue, and now the competition is much smaller, so it is not a bad idea to transfer to that position."

Lin Tailai really doesn't know what to say. Your political sensitivity, Minister Yu, is really frustrating.

Yesterday the Emperor held a meeting with your cabinet ministers to discuss the problem of mine thieves in various places. Didn’t you realize anything?
The Ministry of Rites is a big pit, and the Ministry of Revenue will also be a big pit in the future. Aren’t you just jumping from one big pit to another? Why bother?
Of course, we cannot blame Shangshu Yu for being insensitive. At that time, who among the ministers could have predicted that the emperor would be so keen on mining and making money? After all, there was no precedent.

After thinking it over, the kind-hearted Lin Tailai hesitated and said, "If we do this, it will increase the workload of the Ministry of Personnel.

If you are nominated as the Minister of Revenue, then we will have to find someone to replace the Minister of Rites, which is really unnecessary."

Yu Shangshu said unhappily: "I helped you with the matter of changing the gongs and songs; I also cooperated with you at the Meridian Gate yesterday.

Why do you refuse to do anything when I need you to do something? It's not that difficult to transfer from the Ministry of Rites to the Ministry of Revenue!"

Lin Tailai was speechless. Why was he blamed for his good intentions? He agreed, "Okay, okay! I hope you won't regret it in the future!"

Anyway, he is not my die-hard fan, so let him do whatever he wants!
It is also quite troublesome to deal with the subsequent chain reaction.

After talking with Shangshu Yu, Lin Tailai was about to leave the Ministry of Rites. When he walked to the front hall, he was "accidentally met" by Li Chun, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites.

Like the "Three Yuans", Li Chun was from Gong'an County, Hubei Province. He had previously agreed to attend the literary conference, but he broke his promise and was blacklisted by Lin Tailai.

Li Chun smiled awkwardly at Lin Tailai, and was eager to start a conversation.

But Lin Tailai ignored Li Chun and walked out of the door directly, planning to go to the Ministry of Personnel, after all, the Ministry of Personnel was the busiest recently.

However, outside the gate of the Ministry of Rites, Lin Tailai was blocked by the clerk of the Hanlin Academy.

Lin Tailai said impatiently: "Go back and tell Scholar Chen that I, Lin Tailai, am a man of my word. I said I would send him to the Ministry of Works, so I will send him to the Ministry of Works. Tell him to just wait!" When he was weak a few days ago, Scholar Chen ignored him, but now he came up to him again.

But I still owe Mr. Chen, so I have to do what needs to be done.

Thinking of this, Lin Tailai suddenly had a new idea and changed his mind. He decided to go to the Hanlin Academy to meet Mr. Chen in person.

After entering the main hall of the Hanlin Academy, Lin Tailai directly asked Chen Xueshi: "Senior Chen! Do you want the Minister of Rites?"

These words were so shocking that Mr. Chen almost jumped out of his seat.

You don't even want to be the president of the Hanlin Academy, and you, Lin Tailai, are still asking for the bigger position of the Minister of Rites? Besides, the position of the Minister of Rites is not vacant!

Lin Tailai explained: "Minister Yu wants to go to the Ministry of Revenue, so the Ministry of Rites is vacant again. Logically, Senior Chen, you should be the most suitable candidate."

Then Temptation said, "The competition is very small this time, and the opportunity is rare. If you miss this opportunity, you won't know where the next one will be!
Once you become the Minister of Rites, you are only half a step away from entering the cabinet. If you go to the Ministry of Works, you will need one or two more steps.”

Scholar Chen retorted: "But given the current situation, the position of Minister of Rites is not stable at all!"

Lin Tailai advised again: "If the overall environment is not good, then everything is not good. No matter whether the Minister of Rites is stable or not, just strive to be more stable than the cabinet minister!
Once a senior official passes away, wouldn't it be natural for you, as the Minister of Rites, to take his place?
This is called the coexistence of opportunities and risks. Since you are in the court, how can you not take any risks? "

Mr. Chen was very tempted, but still refused to go to the Ministry of Rites.

And he asked, "Why do you want me to go to the Ministry of Rites so much? What good will it bring to you?"

Lin Tailai casually replied, "The next imperial examination will be held in the spring of next year. If you were the Minister of Rites, I could still count on you to give me some convenience."

Scholar Chen shook his head: "It's only August, and the emperor promised last year that he would establish the Crown Prince on the winter solstice this year, but now it seems that he is going to go back on his word.

So even if you become the Minister of Rites, it will be difficult for you to make it to the imperial examination next spring!"

Seeing that Chen Xueshi refused to budge, Lin Tailai was so angry that his teeth itched. He stood up and said, "I understand. Then Senior Chen, just wait for the news."

Under the current chain reaction, if Mr. Chen insists on going to the Ministry of Works, many things will become difficult to handle later.

The first question is, what should be done with the Minister of Rites? It would be inappropriate to let one of our own people or an enemy take the position.

Secondly, Lin Tailai was still thinking about placing one of his own people among the six ministers to make up for the loss after Wang Situ left office.

Currently, the most suitable position is the Minister of Works. This position is relatively safe and has a relatively low threshold. The threshold for the Minister of Rites is relatively high.

If Scholar Chen took the position of Minister of Works, where could he find a trustworthy and highly qualified person to go to the Ministry of Rites?

The qualified Hanlin poets were all elites with high aspirations. Who would be willing to serve as a dog for them? People like Zhao Zhigao were hard to come by.

When I walked to the courtyard of the Hanlin Academy, I "accidentally" met Dong Qichang and Zhou Yingqiu again.

Lin Tailai was preoccupied and didn't want to talk, so he just walked forward with his head down.

Dong Qichang followed Lin Tailai and said, "I heard that Jiu Yuan overwhelmed all the ministers yesterday and completely reversed the situation. Why are you still so worried?"

Lin Tailai replied casually: "How to arrange the three Shangshu positions plus a Dali Temple Minister and a Taipu Temple Minister? There are too many aspects to consider. It's really annoying."

Dong Qichang: "."

I feel like I've been stuck in a conversation and can't keep up the conversation.

Although we already knew that we were no longer from the same class, isn't the gap between these two classes too big?
Zhou Yingqiu beside him said quickly: "Even if Brother Jiuyuan cares about the country, he can't forget the Hanlin Academy, which is the foundation.

For example, a position like the Hanlin Academy's Shujishi Tutor should not be ignored! "

Lin Tailai's mind was a little confused. He was too lazy to figure out the meaning of Zhou Yingqiu's words and asked directly, "What do you mean?"

Zhou Yingqiu said: "We scholars are dismissed after three years, and it will be the spring of next year.

Then more than 20 Shujishi will either stay in the Hanlin Academy or be assigned to other places. The Shujishi teachers have a lot of say in this matter. "

Lin Tailai suddenly realized that he could not ignore the selection of teachers for the Shujishi.

Who did Prime Minister Shen want to employ? It seems that Han Yuanpan, a fellow villager from the Imperial Hospital, said that Prime Minister Shen had asked about the situation of his brother Han Shineng?
Thinking of this, Lin Tailai felt his mind was in a mess. There was one more important factor that he needed to consider.

It seems that I have to find a time to ask the Prime Minister to come and talk to me.

Lin Tailai sighed deeply and said to Dong Qichang and Zhou Yingqiu, "The country is in need of talents, why are you so low-ranked and inexperienced? You are totally useless!
Whether it is the Shangshu, Shilang, Siqing, or Bachelor, it is not your turn. I can't even arrange for my own people!"

Dong Qichang and Zhou Yingqiu were speechless. Can they be blamed for this?

Then Lin Tailai finally returned to the loyal Ministry of Personnel. He went directly to Wang Tianguan to discuss personnel matters.

Wang Tianguan said, "Jiuyuan's return is just in time. We should convene a meeting immediately and decide on a new candidate as soon as possible."

Lin Tailai was too lazy to hold another meeting. "I already have a perfect plan. There is no need to hold another meeting, right?"

Wang Tianguan said seriously: "The meeting still needs to be held. We have to go through the formalities and the necessary procedures cannot be omitted."

"Okay then." Lin Tailai agreed.

In fact, none of the officials in the Ministry of Personnel wanted to attend the meeting, but they were urged to come one by one by Wang Tianguan.

Wang Tianguan looked at the two ministers on his left and right and said sternly, "Last time, you two nominated eight people, but all of them were invalidated by the emperor! Even I almost got killed in front of the emperor!

It can be said that this was a major work accident! We in the Ministry of Personnel must learn from this lesson and not make the same mistake again! "

Lin Tailai then understood why Wang Tianguan was so enthusiastic about the meeting. It turned out that he wanted to criticize the two ministers in public on this formal occasion.

Although the two assistant ministers' last nomination was mainly intended to suppress Lin Tailai, wasn't it also a way of looking down on the Minister of Personnel?
Lin Tailai felt somewhat relieved about this, as Wang Tianguan had made progress.

How rare is it for an old man in his sixties to still maintain his passion for learning and continue to make progress?
If Wang Tianguan can maintain this rate of progress, he will feel more at ease when Lin Tailai takes a two-month leave to return home.

The left and right assistant ministers admitted their mistakes verbally but were not convinced in their hearts.

No matter what job you do, who can't find fault? Let's see what you, Lin Tailai, can do to leave everyone speechless!

(End of this chapter)