I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 110 Candidates for the New Minister of Rites

"Since this is the case, who do you love to think can take over the position of Minister of Rites?"

Jiajing's voice was not loud, but it hit the hearts of everyone present like a heavy hammer.

The Ministry of Rites is in charge of ceremonial affairs, schools, and imperial examinations. There are four divisions under the Ministry of Rites, namely, the Rites and Clearance Division, which is in charge of Jiali, Military Rituals, and management of academic affairs and imperial examinations. The host and guest are in charge of the guest ceremony and reception of foreign guests, and the fine meal is in charge of the official affairs, such as banquets, raising animals and so on.

It can be said that the Ministry of Rites is second only to the Ministry of Officials.

Now the emperor said that he wanted several ministers to recommend suitable people. Yan Song and Xu Jie heard that their breathing became short of breath.

If he could nominate his own person to sit on the post of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, he would be able to greatly expand the number of party members under his command, and the balance between the strict party and the clean stream would be completely broken.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, regarding the candidate for Minister of Rites, I would like to recommend someone to Your Majesty."

Yan Song took the lead and said respectfully.

"Oh, who does Mr. Yan Ge want to recommend to me?" Jiajing asked with an interested expression on his face.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I would like to recommend to Your Majesty, Liu Zhenxin, Minister of the Ministry of Officials."

"Is Liu Zhenxin?" Jiajing pondered for a long time after hearing the candidates recommended by Yan Song.

"This Liu Zhenxin is not very good at things, so it's hard for him to take on such a big job." Jiajing shook his head and rejected the candidate recommended by Yan Song.

"Report to Your Majesty, there is one of my ministers who wants to recommend to His Majesty!" Seeing Yan Song deflated, Xu Jie couldn't help being in a good mood, and followed him out of the line.

"Oh, does Mr. Xu Ge have someone to recommend to me?" Jiajing asked with the same expression on his face.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I would like to recommend Wang Ting, the right servant of the Household Department, to Your Majesty. This person is very efficient and prudent, so he should be able to take on this great task!"

"No, this Wang Ting's virtue is at a disadvantage, and it may be hard to convince the public if he is appointed as Minister of Rites." Jiajing shook his head as before, and rejected Xu Jie's suggestion.

Immediately afterwards, Yan Song and Xu Jie still did not give up, and proposed several candidates to Jiajing, but Jiajing rejected them for various reasons.

"I don't know if Zhang Aiqing has any suitable candidates to recommend to me?" Perhaps feeling a little bored, Jiajing turned his gaze to Zhang Juzheng who was aside, and said calmly.

Seeing the emperor's eyes on him, Zhang Juzheng thought for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, I want to recommend Taichang Shaoqing Li Chunfang to be Minister of Rites!"

"Oh, how did you know that?" Jiajing asked with great interest.

"Your Majesty, this Li Chunfang was the number one scholar in the 26th year of Jiajing. Since then, he has been in charge of compiling books. How can such a capable minister not be reused if he has cleared his innocence?"

"Well, Zhang Aiqing's words are somewhat reasonable, what do you think?" After Jiajing finished speaking, he turned his gaze to the others and asked.

Seeing that the emperor had already said this sentence, how could everyone not understand that asking their opinions was just a formality, the emperor already had a suitable candidate in his heart!
Thinking of this, everyone knelt down on the ground and said in unison: "Your Majesty is wise, I implore Your Majesty to appoint Taichang Shaoqing Li Chunfang as the new Minister of Rites!"

"Well, since everyone agrees, this matter is settled." Seeing that the goal was achieved, Jiajing was in a good mood and said loudly.

"Your Majesty, it's time for the imperial court to collect salt tax. I request that Yan Maoqing, the censor of the left deputy capital, be dispatched." After the confirmation of the candidates for the Ministry of Rites, Yan Song stood up and asked Jiajing.

"Well, I'm sure, I hope this Yan Maoqing won't let me down!" Jiajing glanced over Yan Song and said calmly.

"Report to Your Majesty, I will definitely ask Yan Maoqing to do his best to collect enough salt tax for the imperial court. If the salt tax collected this time is not enough, let His Majesty deal with it!"

Sensing the emperor's gaze, Yan Song stood up and issued a military order to the emperor.

……

Zhejiang, Zhejiang Governor's Mansion.

After Hu Zongxian distributed the next affairs to everyone, he sent them all away.

"Your Excellency, this is the news sent by General Qi."

At this moment, a subordinate hurried over and handed over the letter in his hand to Hu Zongxian.

"Well, I see, you go down." After Hu Zongxian said, he opened the envelope and began to browse the information on it.

"Okay, okay!" Hu Zongxian couldn't help clapping his hands and applauding after reading the news Qi Jiguang handed over.

It said that the Japanese pirates in charge of this transaction had already opened all their mouths under the punishment of Jin Yiwei, and revealed the location of the Japanese pirate leader Wang Zhi.

Immediately afterwards, Hu Zongxian returned to his study without stopping for a moment, spread out a pen and paper, and began to write letters.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have discovered the hiding place of the Japanese leader Wang Zhi. It is a serious matter. In order to completely wipe out this group of Japanese pirates, I request the imperial court to dispatch a navy to assist..."

After the ink was dry, Hu Zongxian summoned his subordinates and said: "Submit this letter to His Majesty as soon as possible without delay!"

"Yes!" After the subordinate took the order, he applauded and left.

Hu Zongxian tightly held the news from Qi Jiguang in his hands, and said quietly: "Wang Zhi, I finally let this officer find your hiding place. After I catch you, I must execute you Ling Chi!"

……

Since Tan Lun received the appointment from the imperial court, he has been appointed governor of Fujian non-stop, and it has been almost a week now.

At the beginning, the officials under him still wanted to unite and fool him, the governor of Fujian, as before.

However, without further ado, Tan Lun immediately dispatched troops to confiscate the families of those who danced the most!

After that, no one dared to challenge the authority of Tan Lun, the governor of Fujian, and Tan Lun also used the strategy of carrots and sticks to firmly hold the governor's power firmly in his own hands.

"Governor, in recent years, the taxation and population of the entire Fujian Province have been recorded in this booklet." The subordinates handed over the booklet respectfully.

"Well, I see, you can go down and get busy." Tan Lun nodded, took the booklet from his subordinate, and looked through it carefully.

I don't know how much time has passed. After confirming that it was correct, Tan Lun put down the booklet in his hand, rubbed his eyes, and fell into deep thought.

During these days, the words that Hu Zongxian told Tan Lun when he took office had been repeated endlessly in Tan Lun's mind: "The governor of Fujian is a big official in the borderlands, which means that your every move represents the imperial court's will." Face! You are His Majesty's spokesperson in the local area, and you can only serve His Majesty unconditionally..."

After a long time, Tan Lun's gaze gradually became firmer. He got up from the chair, took out the stack of letters sent to him by the people of the Qingliu School, approached the burning candle in the study, and held the stack of letters to the flame. .

As soon as the orange flame touched the paper, it burned even more vigorously. Tan Lun watched the stack of letters turn into ashes with his own eyes.

And the moment the letter was turned into ashes, it meant that Tan Lun had betrayed his original camp and truly became a feudal official. He would unconditionally serve the emperor!
(End of this chapter)