Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 196 Jiu Qing Ting Tui
This method of court promotion has not changed much compared to before, and the participants almost overlap with those of regular court officials. Most officials in the Chang Dynasty have no objections to this.

Only the Kedao officials were a little dissatisfied with the change from full participation to partial participation. But most of them are waiting to be prosecuted for treason and dare not object at all.

Even Wu Shangmo, who had just stood up, was silent at this time and did not continue to stand up.

After confirming this, Zhu Youjian continued to order:
"The rest of the ministers, ministers of the six ministries, ministers of general administration, ministers of Dali Temple, and imperial wine ministers are recommended by those with titles of third rank or above, and those who have the titles of envoys to the administration and ministers of the fourth auxiliary."

"The local permanent governors with three-year terms, as well as the chief envoys and inspectors are also recommended by the ministers."

This also changed little, but there was no involvement of officials from the Department of Science and Technology, and no mention of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Wu Shangmo finally couldn't help it and said:
"Your Majesty, there should be officials involved in the investigation."

"The imperial censor of the capital should also serve as a court judge."

Zhu Youjian thought about it and said:

"Kedao officials who have actual positions or titles above the imperial censor of Qiandu will also participate in the court nomination."

"Candidates recommended should be reviewed by officials from the Department of Science and Technology."

"If a department official comes up with evidence to question it, it should be reconfirmed."

This is to allow officials from the Department of Science and Technology to participate in the nomination, but it has not yet been decided how to select the imperial censor.

Wu Shangmo continued to ask, and Zhu Youjian said:
"Keda officials have important responsibilities and must avoid forming cliques for personal gains."

"In order to prevent anyone from taking advantage of Ke Dao officials to fight for politics, I have decided to use another method for the selection of Ke Dao officials."

"From now on, the officials of the Department of Science and Technology will be recommended by the Ministry of Personnel and the Department of Three Laws. They will be selected from among the officials who are qualified to serve as the Department of Science and Technology. I will make the final decision."

"The ministers above the censorship level of Qiandu will propose candidates, and I will choose from them."

This is to say that the imperial censor of Qiandu and above will no longer be recommended by the court, and the officials discussed this a lot.

Many people said that Du Yushi should be recommended as before.

However, Zhu Youjian insisted and vowed to have the power to appoint the censor of the capital.

Seeing that the situation was at an impasse, Yuan Keli thought about the imperial censors and deputy censors of the capital who had been directly appointed by the emperor, as well as the censors of the capital who had not been appointed. He was worried that the vacancies might continue if this continued, so he said:
"I think that the selection of the imperial censor should be based on the old system of the Wanli period. Each of the nine ministers will select one person and listen to the superiors."

This method was approved by many civil servants, who believed that it was better than leaving it entirely to the emperor. However, some people disagreed and believed that it was not as good as what the emperor said before, and all ministers could propose candidates.

Zhu Youjian also disagreed, because the number of Jiuqing was too small, and there were very few people they could choose from. So after thinking about it, he said:
"Since it is a court recommendation, each of the ministers participating in the court recommendation will nominate one person, and I will choose from them."

In this way, each took a step back and barely passed.

The ministers who participated in the nomination were each elected by one person. It was still considered a recommendation, but no voting was held, and the emperor directly selected.

Through this method, Zhu Youjian controlled the appointment of the imperial censor to a large extent——

He wants the Metropolitan Procuratorate to assist him in supervising his ministers, rather than supervising himself as the emperor.

After this controversy, everything went smoothly. The recommendation of the various temple departments below Dali Temple was decided before and was officially confirmed at this time. Zhu Youjian said:
"The chief ministers and minor ministers of each temple are recommended by the Ministry of Personnel and relevant departments, and the ministers above the administrative envoy." "The local inspectors of food, education, water conservancy, etc. are also recommended by the Ministry of Personnel and relevant ministries. "

"The Hongzhengmen Council election below Tongshen will be changed to ministry recommendation in the future. The Ministry of Personnel only has the authority to appoint officials below the fifth rank, and senior officials above the fifth rank must be recommended."

This is to limit the power of the officials and assign the power of appointing senior officials to the ministers, and the ministers are naturally happy.

Fang Zhuanghui, the official minister who is determined to retire next year, is the old god. It seemed that everything had nothing to do with him and he didn't say a word about it.

Yang Jingchen is a special governor who has been promoted to minister. He has great power whether he is promoted by the court or by the department. In addition, since this was proposed by the emperor, it was impossible for him to object.

After Zhou Jiachun, a doctor in the literary selection department, was transferred to the right Shaoqing of Dali Temple, there is still a vacancy. Other officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs had little connection with this power, and no one took the risk to object.

It can be said that Zhu Youjian was taking advantage of the opportunity to gain power to deprive the officials, especially the doctors of the literary selection department, of their power. Lest another Gu Xiancheng appear and gather a political group in this fifth-grade official position.

Now he is just taking the power of appointing officials above the fifth rank to the imperial court. In the future, Zhu Youjian plans to change the lot drawing method——

This method of selecting officials seemed to Zhu Youjian to be child's play. On the surface it looks fair, but in fact it is manipulative, and it is difficult to select outstanding officials.

After these tingtui and department deductions were concluded, the last remaining one was Jiuqing tingtui. Zhu Youjian said:
"If the governor is temporarily transferred and the term is less than three years, he will be quickly replaced by someone from Jiuqing Tingti."

"Other temporarily established positions will also be nominated by Jiu Qing."

"Because of the urgent military situation, the military positions of admiral, commander-in-chief, deputy commander-in-chief, as well as the envoy and captain of the army guard will be directly recommended by Jiuqing Ting at the regular meeting of the Ministry of War."

This power is too great, and Jiu Qing is very satisfied with it. But other ministers were very dissatisfied with this.

The question Wu Shangmo raised before was aimed at Jiuqing Tingtui.

Even the bachelors were dissatisfied that they could not participate in the Jiuqing court. It's just that none of the four current academicians dare to oppose the emperor.

Faced with the opposition of the ministers, Zhu Youjian said forcefully:

"Jiuqing Huitui is the source of Tingtui, which belongs to the old system of the imperial court."

"The temporary position is time-sensitive and requires quick decision-making. It should be recommended by Jiu Qingting according to the old system."

"If the military position is not recommended by the Jiuqing Ting, then it will be recommended by the Fifth Military Governor's Office and the Dajiu Qingtang Shangguan and the Kedao Ting according to the precedent of selecting the Trilateral Governor and the Xuanda Governor five years ago in Wanli."

This statement made Wen Chen even more upset. The exclusion of the Fifth Military Governor's Office from the court was completed during Zhang Juzheng's administration, and the power of civilian officials reached its peak. Of course, these current civil servants do not want the Fifth Army Governor's Office to participate in the court election.

Especially after the nobles heard what the emperor said, they became energetic. They really didn't expect that they might still be able to obtain employment rights. If they were not worried that this matter would fail, they would be targeted by civil servants in the future, and some of them would already speak out in support of the emperor.

Zhu Youjian looked at their performance and shook his head again. These nobles didn't even grasp the opportunities they got, which was really embarrassing. If you don’t even dare to participate in court promotion, how can you seize power from civilian officials?
In my heart, I had no hope that the nobles would participate in the court promotion, but the civil servants did not see it that way. They knew that after the emperor made this statement, there would be nobles eager to give it a try, and maybe someone would show up in a few days.

In comparison, it would not be so harmful to let Jiuqing Ting push these positions, at least they are still under the control of civilian officials.

Therefore, after the debate, most of the courtiers backed down and agreed that these positions could be recommended by Jiuqing Ting——

In any case, the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armed Forces cannot be allowed to participate in the nomination, and the nobles and military generals cannot be allowed to obtain employment rights.

(End of this chapter)