prosperous age

Chapter 281 Chapter 280
"Nowadays, Dagong is booming, and Sikong is his job. Since Zhao Wenhua has a disease that makes him return to his hometown, he should be promoted to be able to be a Sikong."

Emperor Jiajing's words were still in his ears, Yan Song and Xu Jie had tremblingly walked out of the gate of Xiyuan, turned their heads and looked inside unconsciously.

Thunder and Rain, that's it.

A quarter of an hour ago, Zhao Wenhua was the minister of the Ministry of Industry, a dignified second-rank official in the imperial court, but now, he is nothing.

From the moment Emperor Jiajing told Zhao Wenhua to go home to recuperate, everything was irreversible.

The emperor, with golden words and jade words, contains the constitution of heaven in his mouth, nothing more than that.

Yan Song had actually thought about it at this time, and the explanation he gave to Emperor Jiajing that day seemed to be the last straw that broke the camel's back.

If Emperor Jiajing was still vacillating whether to replace Zhao Wenhua before, then after he said that Zhao Wenhua contracted an illness last year when the warlords in Jiangsu and Zhejiang suppressed the Japanese, Emperor Jiajing was already determined to take him down.

Jin Yiwei is not a showman. What Zhao Wenhua did in the south of the Yangtze River can be hidden from others but not Yan Song. Maybe Emperor Jiajing knows it too. It’s just that when it comes to employing people, the emperor does not decide the fate of officials according to their character, but according to your ability to handle affairs .

The capable go up and the mediocre go down is the way to go down.

A person with high moral character, if he is mediocre in practice, he cannot be used. If he uses it, he will only harm the place.

Those with strong ability and low morality can be used instead, because they can govern the place well, even if they are greedy and make the people under them suffer, they can still keep the place safe.

Of course, everyone wants to find a few talents with high moral character and outstanding ability, but such people are hard to come by, not to mention that a big dye tank like Chaotang may persist at the beginning, but there are few people who can persist for a long time.

It was already late at this time, but for Mr. Ge, he could still sway around in Beijing with the sign issued by the palace.

It’s just that for Yan Song and Xu Jie, they didn’t have the heart to think about anything else at the moment. After saying goodbye outside the Xiyuan gate, they got into their respective sedan chairs, “Let’s go.”

Yan Song now wants to go back and discuss with his son who should replace the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry. The Ministry of Officials made a choice. It is easy to talk to Wu Peng, but it will be a little troublesome to find a suitable candidate in a short while, and it will be a bit troublesome for Emperor Jiajing to nod.

And Xu Jie naturally had to get a clue, the person who had already agreed to Gao Gong's nomination for Prince Yu's Mansion last time was Jia Yingchun.

Did I really push him as I said before, or did I change to someone on my side?

While the sedan chair was swaying, Xu Jie finally made up his mind to push Jia Yingchun, because he had enough qualifications to sell the Prince Yu's Mansion well, and whether he succeeded or not had nothing to do with him.

As for the possible accusations from Yan Shifan, since he is not one of his people, he can just say that he has a public heart, and it is fine to see that the ministers of the court feel that it is not appropriate.

When Jia Yingchun was promoted and went to Nanjing to be a minister, he thought he would spend his whole life in the south to retire, but he didn't expect that he would still keep in touch with Prince Yu's mansion, so he caught up with such a good thing.

On the second day, the six ministries and nine ministers were all summoned to the cabinet for a meeting. The purpose was naturally that the Minister of the Ministry of Officials represented them on the selection list of the Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Except for Zhao Wenhua, everyone else arrived. After all the scribes in the hall left consciously, Yan Song, who was sitting on the left side of the head, drooped his eyelids and said, "This time everyone is called, I think you have guessed it. The matter of the Ministry of Tiangong made a lot of noise, it was just a matter of a city gate building.

It's not a big deal, but it's the emperor's will, and we ministers should do our best to do it well, which is what I'm used to doing. "

When he said this, Yan Song raised his hand and cupped his fists at Xiyuan, "The Ministry of Industry did not do a good job this time, and the emperor was also grateful for Wenhua's mission to the south of the Yangtze River to suppress the Japanese a few years ago, and now he is sick and needs to recuperate Therefore, Zhao Shangshu was allowed to return to his hometown to recuperate.

Zhao Shangshu left, but the work of the Ministry of Industry cannot be stopped, we need to elect a new Minister of the Ministry of Industry"

Yan Song gasped for breath and said everything. During the period, he didn't stop to cough or drink tea, but he finally made things clear.

Zhao Wenhua resigned, and they wanted to select a new candidate for the Minister of Industry, and Wu Peng, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, would play on his behalf.

The first few ministers of the six ministries and the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Taichang Temple, Dali Temple and other ministries nodded tacitly.

They didn't see Zhao Wenhua when they came here. They already had a general guess about the news from yesterday, but they didn't expect that Zhao Wenhua would leave his job directly and go home to recuperate.

After all, Zhao Wenhua is Yan Song's godson. This is known throughout the court, and Yan Song must protect his godson.

It's just that according to Yan Song's words, Zhao Wenhua is finished, and now everyone can nominate a new candidate for the Ministry of Industry.

Xu Jie sat beside him with his eyes slightly closed, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.

The officials below all lowered their heads, seemingly thinking.

"Do you have any choice?"

Seeing that no one was talking, Yan Song asked again, "Let's all speak freely."

The so-called ministry push, but several high-ranking officials hadn't heard of it before, so naturally they couldn't propose a suitable candidate at this time.

After talking in the pavilion for a long time, I didn't find a few suitable candidates.

At this time, Yan Song, who had been drooping his eyelids after the topic was brought up, opened his eyes to look at everyone in the room.

His eyes were extremely penetrating, and he was quickly noticed by everyone, and then they all shut their mouths, waiting for Lord Shoufu to speak.

"Dear colleagues, everyone knows that the Ministry of Industry made a mistake in handling the emperor's order this time, so the Secretary of the Ministry of Industry selected this time must be a minister who is familiar with the Ministry of Industry. To repair, the responsibility is great, and it must be presided over by a seasoned and prudent person."

When Yan Song said this, everyone in the room couldn't help but nodded.

At this time, the people they recommended, to be honest, although they were promoted, they also had great responsibilities on their shoulders, and if they made a mistake, they might ruin their official careers.

Here, it is obvious that only people from Yan Song's lineage can be the most suitable ministers of the Ministry of Industry, because Yan Song, as the chief assistant, actually has a great influence on the imperial court's financial power.

As long as you put a little pressure on your finances, the errands can be messed up.

At this time, Xu Jie couldn't help turning his head to look at Yan Song, and then quickly returned to normal.

"After much deliberation, the most suitable candidate for the position of Chief Sikong of the Ministry of Industry is only"

When Yan Song said this, he paused for a moment, but his eyes were on Ouyang Bijin, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, "Furen Ren, when you were the chief envoy of Zhejiang, you made a manpower tillage machine to solve the problem of local labor shortage. You have also dabbled in construction, I wonder if you are willing to transfer from the Ministry of Punishment to the Ministry of Industry?"

Yan Song proposed to let Ouyang Bi enter and exit as the Minister of the Ministry of Industry?
Xu Jie on the side frowned slightly and then nodded after thinking about it. Indeed, it seems that when Ouyang Bijin was in Zhejiang and the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, he built many projects that benefited the country and the people. It is very appropriate to take over the Ministry of Industry.

When the others heard Yan Song's proposal, they were startled first, then agreed, and nodded. Only Ouyang Bijin sat there without making a sound, as if he was thinking about the gains and losses.

People sitting here, no one pays attention to the relationship between Yan Song and Ouyang Bijin. They must belong to one party, and they are relatives.

However, Ouyang Bijin is a person who has no ability and good moral character. He is not the same as Yan Shifan. He is not greedy for money. On the contrary, he has done a lot of good things in the local area.

It's just that the transfer from the Ministry of Criminal Justice to the Ministry of Industry may not be a good job.

Before Ouyang Bijin could speak, Xu Jie on the side suddenly said, "Since Mr. Shoufu has proposed a suitable candidate, let me also propose one here. Let's discuss it and see if we can present it to the emperor."

It was an unwritten rule in the officialdom that Xu Jie spoke only after Yan Song had spoken, the leader must speak first.

When Xu Jie said this, he also put on a very low posture, just to approve Yan Song's nomination, and he added one to make up the number.

The following Jiuqing were not prepared at all, and there was no candidate. They just talked nonsense before. Now the chief assistant and the second assistant are going to propose candidates. They don't know whether they are the people who have been agreed by the cabinet, so they didn't express their position. Waiting to see the end Who makes the decision.

Yan Song was not surprised when Xu Jie proposed the candidate. Xu Jie was there yesterday, and one night was enough time for him to consider the candidate.

"I think Jia Yingchun, the current Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing, is qualified for the position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry."

After Xu Jie mentioned the person he recommended, Yan Song first turned his head to look at Xu Jie. Before that, someone in the court wanted to seek Jia Yingchun from Nanjing to return to Beijing. His eyes and ears had already informed him, but he never thought about it What kind of official position can Beijing do.

At this time, Jia Yingchun's name was reported by Xu Jie, so Yan Song naturally thought that Xu Jie had been promoting this matter for a long time.

Wasn't Jia Yingchun transferred to Nanjing in the first place to eliminate the influence of Prince Yu's Mansion in the court?

I just don't know when, this Jia Yingchun leaned on Xu Jie's thigh again.

In a very short period of time, Yan Song already had his own guess. The proximity of Nanjing and Songjiang Mansion should be due to Jia Yingchun's connection with Xu Jie's old family, so he invested in it.

At least in Yan Song's impression, he had never received any news of Jia Yingchun giving Xu Jie a gift, so Jia Yingchun's things should have been sent directly to Xu Jie's hometown in Songjiang Prefecture.

"Jia Dongyang used to work in the Ministry of War, and then he was promoted to the Nanjing Household Department for many years. It might not be suitable for him to change to the Ministry of Industry."

At this time, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials hadn't spoken yet, and Wu Shan, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, spoke first.

"The major work of the Ministry of Industry in recent years has actually been financial management and overall planning. Jia Yingchun has done well in the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households, and he should be competent. He will not let the Minister of the Ministry of Industry go to build walls and do carpentry. "

Xu Jie smiled slightly, and said to Wu Shan.

Wu Shan thinks about it, those projects are major, but as the minister of the Ministry of Industry, he only needs to do a good job in personnel scheduling and material collection. It seems that Jia Yingchun can really do a good job in these two items. After all, he used to be the governor of military affairs, and the construction of the side wall That's the main job.

Jia Yingchun really has the experience of doing large-scale projects, so he is suitable to be the Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

The others also made their own choices during the question and answer between Xu Jie and Wu Shan. They all nodded slightly, but they didn't speak.

At this time Wu Peng, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, just wanted to open his mouth, which was different from their plan. They only planned to push Ouyang to enter the list and ask Emperor Jiajing to read it. Naturally, at this time, he needed to speak to disturb Huang Xujie's nomination.

But at this moment, out of the corner of Wu Peng's eyes, he noticed that Yan Song was shaking his head slightly at him, which meant clearly that he should not speak.

With Yan Song's reminder, Wu Peng naturally chose to shut up.

"The names of Ouyang Bijin and Jia Yingchun are listed in the selection list of Minister of the Ministry of Industry. Do you see anything wrong?"

Seeing that no one was talking in the room, Yan Song cleared his throat and asked.

At this time, Xu Jie half turned around and bowed slightly to Yan Song, then turned back to maintain the original sitting posture.

And other people in the hall, starting from Wu Shan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, clasped their fists and bowed to Yan Song one after another. The meaning was very clear, and they didn't have any opinions. Naturally, someone would speak up if they had opinions.

This participation in the conference was purely a formality.

At the beginning, Yan Song said that everyone knew about the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, and immediately blocked their mouths.

They knew that the Ministry of Industry was troublesome enough, but they didn't know that the emperor wanted to change the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and no one was prepared.

"In that case, Wanli, you write a memorial here, and Xu Ge and I will send it to Xiyuan for the emperor's approval."

Wanli is naturally Wu Peng, Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

Hearing Yan Song's order, Wu Peng had no choice but to agree immediately.

Wu Peng served as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and turned the Ministry of Officials into a monopoly of the Yan family. He is just the role of the shopkeeper who throws his hands away.

The other ministers naturally didn't have a good look at him. They didn't see that Ouyang Bijin, the minister of punishment, was Yan Song's relative, but they didn't follow the Yan family's wishes in everything, and they were very fair.

It's not like Wu Peng, he's just a villain who is following his power.

Wu Peng went to the next room to write the memorial, and others asked Yan Song and Xu Jie to resign due to their busy yamen affairs, and quickly left the cabinet.

The news that Ouyang Bijin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment and Jia Yingchun, Shangshu of the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs, selected the list was quickly spread among the yamen in the capital.

Naturally, Wei Guangde got the news from Lu Bu very quickly in the Imperial Academy. Jia Yingchun was finally on the list, and the busy work of Prince Yu's Mansion was not for nothing.

It's up to man to plan, it's up to God to make things happen, and the rest depends on God's will.

Xiyuan, Yongshou Palace.

Wu Peng's memorandum did not have many words, but after briefly describing the people who participated in the meeting, he wrote the candidates that everyone recognized. There were two people in total, one was Ouyang Bijin, and the other was Jia Yingchun.

At the same time, according to my impression, I also briefly described the resumes of Ouyang Bijin and Jia Yingchun, which are relatively general, but roughly the same.

"Who do you think is suitable for these two?"

Emperor Jiajing did not make a decision immediately, but asked Yan Song and Xu Jie, who were standing with their hands down.

Regarding Ouyang Bijin, Yan Song had already made some remarks. At this time, he naturally talked about his achievements in office, and Emperor Jiajing nodded while listening.

When I went to Xu Jie, I also focused on describing that Jia Yingchun was in charge of the repair of the side wall fortifications when he was in the Ministry of War, and he also had experience in engineering.

"My husband is sixty."

After the two finished talking, Emperor Jiajing suddenly asked Yan Song.

Yan Song was also prepared for this, and immediately bowed and said: "Although the chief commander is sixty years old, he is still energetic. When the outer city was built a few years ago, he must go to the work area in charge of supervising construction. He is diligent in everything he does."

After speaking, Yan Song saluted Emperor Jiajing.

Apparently, Emperor Jiajing already had a tendency. He was optimistic about Ouyang Bijin, and the age of the biggest obstacle preventing him from becoming Minister of the Ministry of Industry seemed to have disappeared.

(End of this chapter)