Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 523 The six cabinet ministries harmoniously uphold the government and jointly recommend the Minister of War in Nanjing
Wei Ji replied: "It's a big deal to serve the crown prince, report it to Ganquan Palace."

When the others heard this, they had no objection.

Now the process of processing memorials has become "two votes to make a batch of reds".

The memorial was first drafted by the cabinet, then sent to Ganquan Palace for drafting, and finally by the Supervisor of Ceremonies for approval and seal.

Among the three parties: the cabinet, Ganquan Palace, and the Supervisor of Ceremonies, the cabinet has the greatest power.Because most cabinet ministers are also ministers or ministers.

Ganquan Palace is closest to the center of power, and many of the votes given are the emperor's own wishes.As a distinction, the drafts given by civil servants in Ganquan Palace were written in regular script with black letters; the drafts issued by the emperor himself were written in official script with blue letters.

The Supervisor of Ceremonies has the least power, and is only responsible for supervision and review. If there is no problem in the process, they will be approved and sealed. In most cases, they will not raise different opinions.

As compensation for the shrinking power of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, Zhu Qiyu promoted Wang Yining to the cabinet.Wang Cheng has a close relationship with Wang Yining, which gives Wang Cheng the opportunity to directly influence the cabinet.

However, there are more than a dozen cabinet bachelors, so Wang Cheng's influence on the cabinet is limited to a certain extent.

The cabinet is also relatively satisfied with this arrangement. There are more than a dozen bachelors, all of whom have great power, but no one can have exclusive power.They are all subject to certain supervision, but there are not too many constraints in the specific implementation process.

Moreover, those who shared power with the cabinet were another group of young civil servants in Ganquan Palace. In addition to supervision and review, the eunuchs in the inner court devoted their main energy to other things.

He Wenyuan asked everyone again: "Xu Qi, the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, submitted his resignation and took up the official position directly without waiting for the Holy Emperor's approval.

What do you think of the candidate for the new Minister of War? "

Although Zhu Qiyu abolished the recommendation system and restored the selection of civil servants. From then on, officials of third grade and above in Beijing lost the power to recommend officials, but there was almost no opposition from the cabinet.

The reason is that when it comes to major personnel appointments, the Minister of Personnel will still discuss them with the cabinet first.

For example, who should fill the vacated position of Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing? He Wenyuan, Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, threw this problem to the ministers present.

When this issue was mentioned, everyone cheered up.

Because according to Zhu Qiyu's previous reform measures, the position of Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing was bound to the civil servants who were guarding the army in Nanjing, so the power of the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing is very powerful now.

Luo Tong, Minister of the Ministry of War, was the quickest to respond. After a little thought, he proposed: "Zhejiang Zuo Buzheng, the minister of the Ministry of War, Sun Yuanzhen. Minister's office."

As a hard-line militant, Luo Tong was very anxious and did not want the position of Minister of War in Nanjing to fall into the hands of conservatives.

The other cabinet ministers were a little speechless, but Luo Tong's words made everyone else stupefied.Nowadays, the emperor attaches great importance to Zhejiang and Fujian. If Luo Tong's proposal was reported to the emperor, it would most likely be approved on the spot.

The group of senior civil servants left behind by the Zhengtong Dynasty, including Wang Zhi, Hu Hui, Chen Xun, Jin Lian, Shi Pu, Xu Qi and others, are gone, and the remaining important ministers are basically sitting in the cabinet. .

The promotion of officials at the level of Shangshu and Shilang can only be found among the officials in the frontier.

Among the officials in the feudal territory, there were only a few such as Sun Yuanzhen, Wang Ao, Ma Ang, and Liu Zhongfu.

Wang Ao was not welcomed by the emperor; Ma Ang wanted to guard Gansu and could not leave; Liu Zhongfu wanted to guard Shanxi and could not leave.

So Sun Yuanzhen was a good choice. Luo Tong's opening of his mouth immediately choked others to the point of being speechless.

Only Xue Xuan asked very honestly: "Isn't it okay to let Yu Qian, another minister of the Ministry of War of Nanjing, succeed Xu Qi and succeed him as the civil servant of Nanjing garrison?"

When the other cabinet ministers heard this, they all looked at Xue Xuan in surprise: You were just promoted to the cabinet by the emperor, and you can't wait to give the emperor eye drops?Are you going to be the second best Zou Qian?
Xue Xuan saw everyone looking at her like a dead person, and her hair stood up in fear.

Xue Xuan was still puzzled and spread her hands with an innocent look on her face.

Wei Ji pulled Xue Xuan aside and signaled him to stop looking for trouble.

But Wei Ji couldn't explain it directly.Yu Qian is neither loyal to the current emperor nor to Emperor Gongrang. He is loyal to Xuanmiao.It just so happened that the disarmament in Nanjing this time affected the remaining direct descendants of Xuanmiao.

It was a shame that Xue Xuan could think of letting the direct line loyal ministers of Xuan Temple to suppress the direct line troops of Xuan Temple.

Xue Xuan is obviously going to declare war on the emperor. The problem is that the ministers who declared war with the emperor before are either dead or have gone home to raise their grandchildren.Wei Ji and Xue Xuan worked together in Nanjing, so Wei Ji was the only one willing to give Xue Xuan a hand.

After Xue Xuan's troubles, no one continued to nominate Nanjing Minister of War, so Sun Yuanzhen, as the only candidate, was reported by the Ministry of Personnel.

Early the next morning, Zhu Qiyu took Lin Xiangyu and secretly went to the vineyard under Dongpo to have an affair.

Under the huge grape trellis, Zhu Qiyu ordered people to build a canopy bed, which was surrounded by pink gauze curtains on all sides.

Four ropes are tied to the beams of the grape trellis, which are tied to the upright posts of the canopy bed, and the bed is hoisted three feet off the ground.

The refreshing autumn breeze penetrated into the tent, but the mosquitoes were blocked from the screen, and the leafy grape trellis blocked the dazzling sunlight.

The high bed has warm pillows and the beauties in the pink tent, Zhu Qiyu and Lin Xiangyu cuddle in the special hammock, so comfortable.

More than an hour later, when Zhu Qiyu was about to fall asleep with his arms around the beautiful lady, Qianxue, Suxi and Ningxiang came over carrying baskets and talking and laughing.

Qianxue held the hammock's uprights, shook it vigorously a few times, and teased with a smile: "You two, just have an affair, it's worth hiding in this corner.

If Ningxiang hadn't insisted on brewing some kind of wine for his most beloved man, we really wouldn't have been able to catch you two. "

Zhu Qiyu hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "My husband knows that he was wrong. My wife, please come up and lie down. Let me serve my wife well as a gift of apology."

"Humph, you two can continue to do your dirty work. The three of us still have to pick grapes to make wine for some unfaithful man."

Zhu Qiyu asked again: "Is there any political matter?"

Su Xi replied: "Liu Ding sent a letter to add three ministers to the prince. The candidates he gave are Wan An, Liu Jue and Liu Ji."

When Zhu Qiyu heard these three names, he immediately laughed out loud.During the Chenghua period, the famous "Three Pavilion Elders" were referring to these three brothers.

Historically, when Zhu Jianshen became emperor, he deliberately avoided the Jinshi scholars from the Jingtai period and selected three from the last Jinshi class of the Zhengtong Dynasty as puppets placed in the cabinet.

Fate, you can't escape it after all.Now Wan An, Liu Jue, Liu Ji Zhan and Zhu Jianshen are gathered in Yi Ci Qing Palace.

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "I agree, just follow Liu Ding's love. I can't control the human heart."

Su Xi replied: "Xu Qi, the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, resigned directly and went home. The Ministry of Civil Affairs gave a new candidate: Sun Yuanzhen, Zhejiang Zuobu Chief Envoy and Minister of the Ministry of War."

Zhu Qiyu waited for a long time, seeing that Suxi hadn't written anything for a long time, she urged curiously: "And then?"

"What then?"

"The Ministry of Personnel just gave a candidate? Then what are you asking me for? Are you trying to force me to agree?"

Suxi laughed and said, "The Ministry of Officials reported Sun Yuanzhen. When they were discussing in the cabinet, Xue Xuan also proposed a candidate for Yu Qian, but it was unanimously rejected by the rest of the cabinet."

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Just think about it, when our eldest brother Gongrang the emperor was on the throne, he really wanted to fight, and he was willing to reuse anyone who was the main militant.

But at that time, only a few people such as Wang Zhen, Wang Ji, and Chen Mao actually followed him in the main battle.

Merit is merit, fault is fault, he destroyed Luchuan. I have to thank him for this, at least he saved me five or six years of time.

If you change me to be the emperor and go to fight Luchuan, it will take five or six years to say the least.

It's a broken place, and it won't work without fighting.Come on, it's all ravines, even worse than those seedling fields in Huguang and Guizhou.Even if you replace Li Shimin as the emperor and Bai Qi and Han Xin as the commander-in-chief, he can only play like Wang Ji.

There is no flat land in the deep mountains and old forests.If the enemy burrows into the woods, he will be killed. "

(End of this chapter)