Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 174
The imperial list is usually posted outside the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, to the left of the Daming Gate.

It was early in the morning, before Mao time, almost all the students who participated in the palace examination gathered there, waiting for the list to be announced.

This street is called Tianjie, also called Tianmen Street, because at the end of the street is the Chengtian Gate of the Imperial City, and on both sides of the street are the Yamen of the Six Ministries and the Yamen of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

Logically speaking, there should be no one in the major yamen at this moment.

Because all officials big and small are going to court at the moment, there are at most some yamen servants cleaning in the yamen.

What is strange is that before the imperial list was posted, teams of officials poured out from the left and right Chang'an gates, went directly into the various yamen, and never came out again.

Don't these officials have to go to the early court?

You know, the morning dynasty also starts at Mao time!

At this moment, the imperial list has not been posted, so it proves that it is not yet time!
Wen Zhenmeng, Ni Yuanlu, Huang Daozhou, Liu Lishun, Wang Duo and others were also puzzled.

Because they have "battled" together here, they have become close friends now.

Therefore, the five of them came by appointment.

They were chatting happily while standing near the place where the list was released, but they didn't expect to see such a wonderful scene.

what on earth is this kind of happenings?
Soon, a team of Jinyiwei came out from the left Chang'an gate carrying the imperial list and various posting tools.

When Maoshi arrived, these Jinyi guards quickly climbed up to the place where the list was posted, smeared the paste, and pasted the imperial list on it.

There was no surprise or noise from the candidates looking at the imperial list, because they all knew that they would be on the list, but the ranking might be different from the previous apricot list.

But Wen Zhenmeng and others looked at the imperial list, but they couldn't help being a little dumbfounded.

Because their rankings haven't changed at all.

Yijia No.1, Wen Zhenmeng.

No.2 in Yijia, Ni Yuanlu.

Yijia No.3, Zodiac Week.

No.1 in the second class, Liu Lishun.

No.2 in the top two, Wang Duo!

This is really a bit dumbfounding.

Next, what is even more shocking is still behind.

After those Jin Yiwei posted the imperial list, they even posted a small notice below.

The notice actually said that all candidates should report to the official office after reading the imperial list!

Does this mean that the title of the King Kong List will directly become an official?
What about the Qionglin Banquet?

And what about the parade of champions?
Are these gone?

Wen Zhenmeng and others ran to the gate of the Ministry of Officials to report their names, and a servant actually led them directly to the valet of Wang Xiangchun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials!

Wait, isn't this Minister of the Ministry of Officials Wang Shaohui?

After Wang Xiangchun introduced them into the study politely, he couldn't help but enviously said: "Congratulations, my lords."

Uh, this.

You are Lord Shangshu, so it’s enough to congratulate you, but you still call us Lord, what does this mean?

Wang Xiangchun immediately took out a stack of official documents, and continued to envy: "From now on, you will be cabinet bachelors."

Cabinet Bachelor!

When Wen Zhenmeng and others heard this, their jaws almost dropped.

impossible?

Just entered the officialdom, directly into the cabinet!
It's not so fast to reach the sky in one step!
The five of them took the official document in a daze and looked at it, and their faces were full of bewilderment.

It turned out that they got it wrong.

The appointments they received were cabinet bachelors, not cabinet bachelors, and they only had the sixth rank, not the fifth rank.

Originally, the top three in the first class and the top two in the second class may be promoted to the sixth rank, and the number one scholar in the first class is definitely the sixth rank. There is nothing surprising about this rank.

Question, what does this cabinet bachelor mean?

Seeing this, Wang Xiangchun explained with a smile: "This is the new policy reformed by the emperor. From now on, the cabinet will have one chief minister, one second minister, and five cabinet bachelors. Your main duty is to help the chief minister and the second minister to write proposals. You It's really good luck, originally only Zhuangyuan Lang alone could be promoted as a cabinet bachelor, but now because the court is short of people, the emperor simply promoted all five of you."

Missing!

impossible?

Isn't the court always full of people? In the past, there were only five cabinet bachelors, and there was no shortage of any of them!
Wen Zhenmeng thought for a while, and then asked cautiously: "Master Wang, I would like to ask, why is the court so short of people?"

Wang Xiangchun couldn't help being surprised when he heard the words: "You don't know yet? The notices are all posted!"

Notice?

Wen Zhenmeng was also surprised: "What notice, we didn't see it!"

It seems that these people have come too early, and the eunuch's crimes have not been posted yet, and these people are probably waiting at the place where the imperial list is posted.

The emperor's list was to be posted there, so it was impossible to post other notices in advance, so these people didn't see it.

Thinking of this, Wang Xiangchun explained with a little excitement: "The emperor has already posted the crimes of eunuchs, and there are everywhere in the capital. This morning, the emperor will clean up the eunuchs. It is estimated that they are almost cleaned up by now. "

It turned out that the emperor wanted to clean up the eunuchs.

Very good!
They really didn't expect that the emperor would do it so fast. He just mentioned it to them a few days ago, and he did it today.

Once the eunuchs get rid of this court, it will be much cleaner, and the people are blessed!
Wen Zhenmeng also couldn't help but excitedly said: "Master Wang, does this mean that we can report to the cabinet now?"

Wang Xiangchun nodded without hesitation and said: "Yes, you can go now, do you know the way, or should I send someone to lead you there?"

They still know this way, because they have entered the palace several times, and the cabinet office is in the southeast corner of the palace, which they are quite aware of.

The five hurriedly cupped their hands to say goodbye, and walked out happily.

As soon as he walked outside, there was a burst of cheers from the direction of Zhengyang Gate.

It turned out that Wang Cheng'en had already escorted Wei Zhongxian out, and was about to behead him outside to show the public. The people in the capital flocked there frantically.

It's a pity that all five of them have to report to the cabinet, otherwise, they also want to go and have a look.

However, when they walked outside Chengtian Gate, they saw a scene even worse than that outside Zhengyang Gate.

This scene, how should I put it, is really a bit miserable, even the lively common people don't dare to watch it.

The five of them just took a quick glance and then walked quickly to the right Chang'an Gate.

The cabinet’s office is not far from the office of the official department. If you walk out of the office of the official department and walk a few dozen steps, you will find the Right Chang’an Gate. After walking dozens of steps, we arrived at the cabinet to check in.

Naturally, the five people carried the official document of appointment without hindrance, but when they reached the right door, they were startled again.

This scene..

From the looks of it, all eunuchs in the capital should have been chopped down by the emperor!
Inside the cabinet's duty room, the chief assistant Xu Guangqi and the second assistant Bi Zisu were already there waiting for them.

Moreover, the memorials for this day were all piled up there waiting for them to write a draft.

It is actually not difficult to write a ticket, that is, write the handling opinion on a piece of paper according to the law, and then paste it on the memorial.

If there is any important matter, or if there is no relevant regulation in the law, they can't make the decision, just ask the chief assistant or the second assistant for instructions.

In fact, they are just the secretaries who write the proposals for the first and second assistants of the cabinet. They have no power to make decisions. They are purely training newcomers and learning the nature of government affairs.

Wen Zhenmeng and other five people soon began to write and draft tickets under the guidance of Xu Guangqi and Bi Zisu. After the major yamen were supplemented with new scholars and newcomers from the Academy of Arts and Sciences, they also began to operate normally without any problems.

At this time, the people in the capital knew that the officials from the original Six Departments of Nanjing and the Metropolitan Procuratorate had basically been transferred to the capital, and almost all the senior officials of the Six Ministries, Metropolitan Procuratorate and the cabinet had been replaced.

The chief assistant of the cabinet was replaced by Xu Guangqi, the former minister of the Ministry of Industry.

The second assistant of the cabinet was replaced by Bi Zisu, the censor of the left capital of the former Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The Zuodu censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was replaced by Cao Yubian, the former young Zhan Shifu.

The Minister of Rites was replaced by Zou Weilian, a former scholar of Youchunfang in Zhan Shifu.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials was replaced by Wang Xiangchun, the former Minister of the Ministry of Officials in Nanjing.

The Minister of the Household Department was replaced by Bi Ziyan, the former Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing.

The Shangshu of the Ministry of War was replaced by Lu Xiangsheng, the former Shangshu of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry.

The Minister of the Ministry of Industry was replaced by the original Zhan Shifu Zhan Shibi Maokang.

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment was replaced by Xiong Mingyu, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment of Nanjing.

There are also six servants and doctors, the deputy capital censors and Qiandu censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the five temple ministers and Shaoqing, etc., almost all of which were replaced by former Nanjing officials.

Taichang directly came to integrate the two capitals into one, and filled all the middle and upper levels of the sixth department, five temples, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the capital with the high-level officials of the Sixth Ministry of Nanjing and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

In this way, there will be no possibility of various mistakes due to unfamiliarity with relevant affairs. After all, officials in Nanjing have basically retired from the capital, and the Nanjing Six Departments are similar to the Beijing Six Departments in terms of responsibilities. It's just that the power is not as large as the Six Departments of the capital.

Of course, there is also a problem with this change, because Nanjing officials are basically too old, and they are almost at the age of becoming an official.

However, it doesn't matter too much, as long as they last a few more years and hand over their experience in politics to new scholars and candidates from the Academy of Arts and Sciences, they can retire.

(End of this chapter)