prosperous age

Chapter 462 Chapter 461 Promotion
For them, the old ministers of King Yu's Qiandi, even if they want to be promoted, they have to be creditable, otherwise even the unspoken rules will be criticized by their surrounding colleagues.

Even, they actually accepted that you were promoted by the new emperor, but the name is not right, and they don't know how to be arranged behind the scenes.

But when the time comes, if you have the credit for copying the book, in fact, even if it is a trivial merit, as long as the emperor approves it, it can be infinitely magnified into an astonishing great merit.

Don't forget that the official position of the imperial court is one radish and one hole. To be promoted, you must first have someone to vacate the position, and whether he is promoted or retired, someone will always leave the court.

While they were discussing that the emperor might order someone to transcribe the "Yongle Dadian", in Yuxi Palace, Xu Jie stood with his hands down, waiting for Emperor Jiajing to consult.

On the throne above, Emperor Jiajing flipped through the memorial in his hand, and then put it on the imperial book table.

"The memorial to the Ministry of War was drafted by you, what do you think?"

Emperor Jiajing asked lightly.

"Your Majesty, this time the Ministry of War intends to change the defense of the middle and senior generals in the nine border towns. I think it is feasible."

Emperor Jiajing didn't have any doubts about the people involved. After all, the Ministry of War must know these generals better than him and the cabinet ministers as the emperor.

"The Ministry of War has this plan, so it should be cleared with the cabinet beforehand."

Emperor Jiajing asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Xu Jie was not surprised that the emperor summoned himself to inquire about this matter. Although Yan Song was the chief assistant, Yan Song's current body was indeed not qualified for the position of chief assistant.

If Emperor Jiajing called Yan Song for an inquiry, Yan Song's slow answer would probably make Emperor Jiajing have a heart attack.

"The Ministry of War sorted out the information collected from the Alda Department, and concluded that the Alta Department may adjust the habits of border violations formed over the years. In the past, most of the intrusions against our Ming Dynasty were concentrated in the Xuanda and Liaodong areas, which are located in the east of the Nine Borders. , and at present there are signs that the Alda Department is moving westward, so some generals are gradually moving westward."

Emperor Jiajing sat silent on the throne, just quietly listening to Xu Jie's answer.

The Memorial of the Ministry of War has detailed dialectical evidence for this, and it is not the result of fantasy, and then there is a plan to replace generals on a large scale.

If you asked Yang Bo, it was naturally the same set of ideas of the Ministry of War, and Emperor Jiajing wanted the cabinet ministers to answer, so he naturally wanted to know how the court viewed this general change of defense.

Xu Jie's answer did not exceed the content of the Ministry of War Memorial, which made Emperor Jiajing not very satisfied.

In other words, the Ministry of War had persuaded the cabinet members in the previous communication, which made it difficult for him to understand the courtiers' views on this matter through this conversation.

That being the case, it would be meaningless to continue such unnutritious conversations.

"Well, I see."

Emperor Jiajing said something casually.

According to the usual practice, when the emperor's inquiries were over at this time, Xu Jie should have resigned and left, but when he asked to resign, Emperor Jiajing stopped him again.

"A year ago, I asked you who could be the chief officer of the "Ceremony". Can you recommend anyone?"

Emperor Jiajing left Xu Jie behind, and talked about the previous matter again.

Regarding the emperor's inquiry, Xu Jie was very clear in his heart, the previous hints were clear enough, he didn't know yet.

"Your Majesty made an inquiry that day, and I came down to think carefully about who is suitable to be the chief school officer. After careful consideration, I think that Gao Gong, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, Zuo Yude of Zhan Shifu Zuo Chunfang, and the attendant of Qu Jingchun are all suitable people."

Xu Jie had already had a draft for this, and when Emperor Jiajing asked, he naturally talked about the candidate in his mind.

"Gao Gong, Qu Jingchun."

Emperor Jiajing just read the names of these two people, and did not make too much statement.

"Recently, the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate have handed over the test results. Yin Shizhen, the lecturer of Prince Yu's Mansion, has been in Prince Yu's Mansion for six years, and he has been evaluated as the first class. I don't know if there are any vacancies in the imperial court?"

This is Emperor Jiajing's promotion to Yin Shizhen.

Xu Jie quickly thought about it in his mind. There are actually not many ways to promote officials in Yuwangfu. There are no official vacancies.

The rest are in the Hanlin Academy and Zhan Shifu.

"Your Majesty, the Hanlin Academy is full of scholars, and only the position of Youshuzi in Youchunfang, Zhan Shifu, is vacant. Yin Shizhen can take this position instead."

Xu Jie thought for a while, that is to say, he felt that the official position of the concubine was feasible.

Yin Shizhen used to be a horse-washing officer in the Bureau of Economics and Economics. In order to become a fifth-rank official, he was promoted to a right-hand bastard by half a rank and became a regular fifth-rank official.

This time, Emperor Jiajing nodded slightly, as if he had a clear attitude towards his opinion.

"Who will take over the job of the Bureau of Economics and Economics?"

Emperor Jiajing continued to ask questions.

In fact, most of the official position arrangements in the court were completed in the dialogue between the emperor and the cabinet ministers. Of course, this was limited to those who were interested in the Emperor Jiajing.

Under normal circumstances, he doesn't care about official positions below the fifth rank, and most of them are left to the Ministry of Officials for arrangement.

It's just that this time he was making some preparations for King Yu and was promoted to be a lecturer in Prince Yu's mansion, so he specifically asked Xu Jie to discuss.

Finding Xu Jie instead of Yan Song naturally has his considerations.

However, Xu Jie was shocked at this time, he had already guessed Emperor Jiajing's plan.

The Department of Economics and Economics has washed the horses. From the fifth-rank official position, Xu Jie has never paid attention to him.

Ask him this question, in fact, Emperor Jiajing's attitude has been very clear, who is suitable for promotion in Prince Yu's mansion now?

Chen Yiqin had long been a fifth-rank official, but he was still in Ding Youzhong, so he was naturally excluded, and the rest were Zhang Juzheng, Wei Guangde, and Tang Ruji.

Tang Ruji, Xu Jie naturally wouldn't speak for him.

Zhang Juzheng, his student, although he would be said to be nepotism if he recommended him, he would also be said to be a virtuous person without avoiding his relatives. This may be the fundamental reason why Emperor Jiajing asked him.

But can he recommend his students?

Of course not.

He had already made arrangements for Zhang Juzheng, there is nothing to argue about for an official position of horse washing, the official position he arranged for Zhang Juzheng was the Imperial Academy offering wine, and it was an official position from the fourth rank.

The main reason why he hasn't acted yet is that he hasn't negotiated terms with Yan Song and others, and the timing is not yet ripe.

In the past, Xu Jie was not very urgent to complete this matter, but after Emperor Jiajing wanted to re-record "Yongle Dadian", the matter became urgent.

If Zhang Juzheng is allowed to take up the official position of washing horses now, it may be a little hindered for him to operate the position of offering sacrifices to the Imperial College.

Since Zhang Juzheng couldn't do it, Xu Jie naturally wanted to recommend someone else, and Wei Guangde was the only one left in Prince Yu's mansion.

After thinking about it for a while, Xu Jie replied: "The minister recommended Yu Wang's mansion as a lecturer, and Zhan Shi's mansion allowed Wei Guangde to serve as the Secretary of Economics."

After Xu Jie finished speaking, he could clearly see a trace of puzzlement in Emperor Jiajing's eyes, although it was only for a short moment.

Of course Emperor Jiajing didn't know Xu Jie's plan, he arranged Zhang Juzheng's official position to be much higher than the normal promotion, once successful, Zhang Juzheng would surpass all the officials of Prince Yu's Mansion except Gao Gong.

"Wei Guangde? But Zhang Juzheng in Prince Yu's mansion seems to be very suitable, not to mention that Zhang Juzheng has been a Jinshi for 26 years, and Wei Guangde has only been a Jinshi for 35 years."

Emperor Jiajing said.

The meaning is obvious, there is a big difference in qualifications and the time when the two became Jinshi, and it seems inappropriate for the two of them to be officials of the same rank, so Emperor Jiajing wanted to promote Zhang Juzheng by half a rank, so that he could surpass Wei Guangde. Here at Xu Jie, Wei Guangde surpassed Zhang Juzheng by half a level.

"Your Majesty, in order to teach King Yu, Wei Guangde used to read classics in the library of the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial College, and as far as I know, Wei Guangde has a superb memory and never forgets all the books he has read. Such a person is more suitable for the post. The Department of Economics and Economics has a job to wash the horse."

Xu Jie also had his own reasons, otherwise there is no way to say that Emperor Jiajing would lose points in front of Emperor Jiajing.

The Bureau of Economics and Economics, in charge of scriptures and attendants, is the yamen that prepares books for the prince, but the Jiajing Dynasty no longer has a prince, so it has naturally become more leisurely.

Xu Jie's reason seemed to be very powerful, and Emperor Jiajing also saw from it that Xu Jie really did not intend to promote Zhang Juzheng to this position.

"I'll think about it again."

Emperor Jiajing said lightly.

Although Emperor Jiajing said so, Xu Jie knew that the matter had already been settled, if Emperor Jiajing would not be arbitrary and insisted on appointing Zhang Juzheng for this position.

If Emperor Jiajing insisted, as a courtier, no matter what he did, he would not be able to hold back his thighs, but he did not believe that Emperor Jiajing would be so boring as to interfere with a fifth-rank official.

Emperor Jiajing was not in a hurry to arrange this discussion with Xu Jie, because it was in the next two days that Fujian's latest battle report was sent to the capital, which once again caused a shock in the government and the public.

"The bandit invaded Huai'an County, Fujian Province. The admiral Yushi Youzhende was in command of the battalion. Wang Bo commanded the Three Guards in Fuzhou Prefecture. He ordered Peng Dengying's township soldiers to suppress them. Deng Ying's soldiers first tasted the bandit's defeat and blamed it on Bo. He was so shocked that he took the cane and killed four people under the captain. The three guards refused to accept and complained, and the deputy envoy Wang Daokun went to the teaching ground to review, and he killed several villagers.

"The Japanese pirates attacked at night in Tong'an, Fujian, broke the Yongning Weicheng, threatened to command Wang Guorui and Zhong Xun, and Cai Chaoyang, a thousand households, came out."

Zhang Lian's rebels attacked Huai'an County, defeated the official army, and even caused internal divisions and mutual rivalry among the official army, which really puzzled the officials in the capital.

Surrounded by foreign enemies, they are still fighting each other. Don't they know that everyone will be punished if they are defeated?
As for the Japanese pirates attacking Yongning Acropolis at night, coercing the command, and thousands of households surrendering, it disappointed the officials of the DPRK and China. In such an environment, when will Fujian restore order.

Seeing such a battle report, Emperor Jiajing had already made up his mind that he must carry out a major shake-up of the officialdom in Fujian, otherwise he did not know when the situation would be restored.

At the same time, I also have opinions on Hu Zongxian who is based in Zhejiang.

Hu Zongxian had already been ordered to command the army to exterminate the rebels, but Hu Zongxian has been refusing to send the army into Fujian on the grounds that the Japanese pirates are not peaceful.

The officials in the DPRK and China are naturally not fools, and rumors have begun to spread secretly that Hu Zongxian is raising the bandits to respect himself.

Such rumors seem to be hidden, but how could they escape the surveillance of the factory guards, so they naturally flowed into Xiyuan and appeared on Emperor Jiajing's desk.

Within two days, the Metropolitan Procuratorate handed over the impeachment report of Li Tinglong, the censor of Fujian Province, "in the middle of October last year, the pirates broke through Ningde County, and the general Wang Mengqi, the magistrate of the county, and Li Yaoqing, who came to the imperial court from the city, died. Command Zhang Quan and ten others to commit accidents."

"It's not easy for Fujian governor Liu Tao to stay in office. Let him go to Nanjing to wait for dispatch. The cabinet will report the candidate as soon as possible with the Ministry of Officials."

In Xiyuan Yuxi Palace, Emperor Jiajing loudly gave instructions to the three cabinet ministers.

Today, after receiving the memorial sent by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Emperor Jiajing ordered the three cabinet scholars to be summoned. Naturally, his purpose was to take down Fujian governor Liu Tao.

Since Zhang Lian's incident, Liu Tao's series of actions in Fujian have disappointed the emperor very much, and he no longer wants to give him opportunities.

Yan Song originally wanted to protect Liu Tao again. After all, Hu Zongxian also wrote in a letter saying that he hoped that Liu Tao would not be dismissed.

This is not to say that Liu Tao has any relationship with the Yan Mansion, but that he simply does not want to interfere with the matter of entering Fujian. Liu Tao should solve the mess by himself, but it is obvious that Emperor Jiajing does not intend to continue to endure the current situation.

Yan Song chose to remain silent, and Xu Jie and Yuan Wei naturally had nothing to say, and all three of them bowed to accept the order.

"Has the Ministry of War ever discussed when Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, and Fujian will send troops to suppress the rebels?"

Last year, Yang Boshangshu wanted to use troops to attack Zhang Lian's lair. After so many days, Emperor Jiajing was very concerned about how the preparations for using troops were going.

Such an action to mobilize the army naturally needs the assistance of the cabinet, the Ministry of Households, etc., so since the three cabinet ministers are all present today, it is a good time to ask about this matter.

Yan Song said at this time: "Zhang Nie, the Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi, has previously reported that the traitor Zhang Lian is very rampant. According to the order of the Ministry of War, he has mobilized [-] wolf soldiers to suppress the bandits, but the troops have not yet arrived.

The Jiangxi army has already gathered in southern Jiangxi, and they only need to wait for the arrival of the two armies to send troops to suppress the bandits. "

"What about Zhejiang? I asked Hu Zongxian to send troops to the south, but did he act according to the order? Hasn't Tan Lun joined the army yet?"

Emperor Jiajing continued to ask.

"Your Majesty, it has already been one month, and the Japanese pirates will arrive in two months. If we send a large army to go south to Fujian, Zhejiang."

"Enough is enough."

Before Yan Song finished speaking, he was roughly interrupted by Emperor Jiajing.

"I know."

Afterwards, Emperor Jiajing only said a few words, then glanced at Xu Jie and Yuan Wei behind Yan Song, then waved to Huang Jin on the side, and ordered: "Announce."

"According to the order."

Huang Jin, who was beside him, bowed and answered, and then took out the oracle that had been prepared and read: "I was promoted to the Bureau of Economics and Economics to wash the horse, the Hanlin servant Yin Shizhen was the right concubine of Youchunfang, and I was promoted to Zuochunfang Zuozhongyun of Zhan Shifu. , Hanlin attendant Wei Guangde washed the horses for the Bureau of Economics and Economics, and took charge of the affairs of the government."

This decree was issued very suddenly, and the cabinet's actions were also very fast. In the afternoon, the messenger angel had already arrived at Prince Yu's mansion.

Yin Shizhen and Wei Guangde accepted the order, although they were happy in their hearts, but they unconsciously looked at Zhang Juzheng beside him.

In the past, such news would come from him in advance, but this time, there was no sign of it before, which is really strange.

But Yu Wang was still very happy, sent someone to reward the angel, and ordered Li Fang to send the man out, and then took Yin Shizhen with one hand and Wei Guangde with the other to go back to the house.

"Double happiness is coming today, and the palace is hosting a banquet to celebrate."

After Li Fang came back, King Yu ordered Li Fang to go down and arrange a banquet.

"Brother Uncle, what is the matter?"

However, Wei Guangde knew something was wrong, there was still a person who should be promoted in Prince Yu's mansion, but no matter how good things happened, it happened to him.

(End of this chapter)