Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 125 Awake in the World
Early the next morning, Wang Daoqiu fell into darkness listening to the beating of drums.There is no way, he is now a second-rank official and has to go to the morning court.

When he reached the gate, his four young guards had tied their horses and were waiting for him in the gatehouse.As soon as he arrived at the door, the four people hurriedly untied the horses, while the old man Fan Er, the concierge, hurried to open the door.

Riding on his horse and leaving home, Wang Daoqiu went to the Forbidden City. When he came to the palace gate, Wang Daoqiu asked his four young men to escort him. He led the horse to find some food at the early breakfast stall, and he walked to the palace himself. door.

Arriving at the Wufeng Tower, there were already hundreds of officials waiting here.When they saw Wang Daoqiu, a newcomer in the officialdom who had been grabbing headlines recently, coming over, they all pointed at Wang Daoqiu and whispered.

"Liangzhen, here, here."

Just when Wang Daoqiu was being embarrassed by those courtiers who liked to gossip about people behind their backs, he heard a voice calling him.Looking for a voice, he saw his current boss, Yu Maojian, waving his hand not far away, calling him over.

After the last time in front of the emperor, Wang Daoqiu was injured to plead for mercy for the more than 100 prisoners who beat him.Anyway, no matter what other courtiers say now that Wang Daoqiu is a treacherous person and he rose to power by praising Emperor Jiajing's stinky feet, Yu Maojian firmly believes that Wang Daoqiu is an upright person.Therefore, Yu Maojian wanted to get close to Wang Daoqiu, so now he ignored the strange looks of other courtiers and openly and openly greeted Wang Daoqiu to come over to him.

Wang Daoqiu felt lucky that someone was willing to answer his questions and save himself from absolute isolation.So when he saw Yu Maojian greeting him, he immediately hurried over.

As soon as he arrived in front of Yu Maojian, Wang Daoqiu hurriedly raised his hands and saluted: "Sir, you are here so early! Thank you for your hard work!"

"Hey, I'm used to all the hard work. It's just that the emperor doesn't go to court every day, so he has let down the hard work of the courtiers! Okay, let's not talk about these useless things. After this morning court, you must They have to go to the imperial court to serve their salaries. Now that I have time, I would like to discuss with you how our staff should arrange the more than 100 pardoned prisoners."

"Oh, this matter! Didn't the emperor have a decree about this matter, let them all be released as officials in the local government?"

"Yes! The Emperor has a purpose for this matter, but the Emperor only said that they should be released, but he did not say what specific positions would be assigned to them!"

Specific arrangements?As a rule, wherever there is a vacancy, someone should be inserted into it.But now Yu Maojian came to ask himself specifically for this. It was obvious that he did not intend to just randomly fill in any vacancies as usual for the arrangements for those people. He wanted to make deliberate arrangements for those people.

After understanding this, Wang Daoqiu understood clearly that Old Yu wanted to take care of those people, but he was afraid that he would not accept it!Knowing Old Man Yu's little thoughts, Wang Daoqiu asked calmly: "The boss and Mr. Li should have discussed this matter, right?"

"Ahem", Wang Daoqiu explained the tricks behind this in one sentence, and Yu Maojian was very embarrassed.What Wang Daoqiu said was right, he gave those people preferential treatment in terms of resettlement. Yesterday Yu Maojian indeed discussed with the new right servant of the Ministry of Officials, Li Xiang, the former Minister of Dali Temple.The opinions of the two are also the same, and they don't want to make some nonsense idlers and petty officials to bury those talents.

Yu Maojian and Li Xiang agreed, but Wang Daoqiu was now not only the first deputy minister of the Ministry of Personnel, but also a minister beside the emperor.If Wang Daoqiu doesn't agree, then these so-called "preferential treatment" will really be unavailable.So now Yu Maojian urgently needs Wang Daoqiu to support him in this matter. At least Wang Daoqiu will not object!
Therefore, after Wang Daoqiu pointed out this matter, Yu Maojian coughed twice in embarrassment.Then he plucked up his courage and said to Wang Daoqiuming: "Liangzhen is smart, you really can't hide anything from Liangzhen? Let's not hide it from Liangzhen. Regarding the placement of those prisoners, Master Li and I had indeed discussed yesterday. Passed. We both think that although those people made a big mistake this time, their usual performance and personal conduct are not bad. Therefore, Mr. Li and I think that the arrangements for those people should be prudent. , they should be given a position where they can achieve results and recover again. Liangzhen, what do you think this is?"

After saying these words, Yu Maojian stared at Wang Daoqiu worriedly, deeply afraid that Wang Daoqiu would say something against him.After all, those people almost beat Wang Daoqiu to death at the gate of Xiyuan Palace a few days ago.

And seeing Yu Maojian, an old man in his 60s, showing such a pleading expression to him, Wang Daoqiu's conscience felt a little uncomfortable.So facing Yu Maojian directly, Wang Daoqiu said with a smile: "The boss and Mr. Li cherish talents for the country, and the lower officials have no objection. Moreover, the lower officials also believe that the character of their people is, for us and other people in the officialdom, the best." It is rare and should be cherished. For those people, Mr. Boss and Mr. Li will just watch the arrangements. I have no objections to the lower officials."

"Okay, okay, I know that Liangzhen is very generous. Okay, Mr. Li and I will discuss this matter. Thank you Liangzhen. But Liangzhen, it's easy for everyone else, including Xu Jie and Li Mo. Both of them are people with high prestige in the scholarly community. Before that, they were respectively serving as assistant ministers in the civil service department. So this will increase their positions. They are both just ordinary people now. They are from the fourth rank, and they are still prisoners who have just been pardoned. But if the positions of these two are lowered, it will be disrespectful to their past status and reputation, which will arouse the dissatisfaction of Shilin and Qingliu officials in the court. So this is too high No matter how low it is, I and Mr. Li really don't know how to arrange them properly. Do you have any good ideas about this?" Li Mo and Xu Jie, these two people have been in the past. There are some awesome things that were talked about by the people of the Ming Dynasty by forcefully holding on to the powerful.They have great personal influence and positive images. They are the idols of scholars in the Ming Dynasty and the leading officials of the imperial court.Considering the identity of these two people and their placement in the wrong positions, this is indeed a way to attract hatred and send themselves to be scolded by those scholars.

Thinking about these consequences, Wang Daoqiu pondered for a while and said to Yu Maojian: "Let's do this, Mr. Yu. Although Li Mo is a man of impeccable character, his human nature is like fire. He is easily impulsive when things happen. He is often self-righteous and cannot listen. It is definitely inappropriate for him to govern a place with such a personality. Therefore, he should be assigned a position where character is more important than ability. Yesterday I was in front of the emperor, and Lu Bing, the royal guard, reported to your majesty, Gou Lian, the governor of the Water Transport, committed corruption together. At that time, His Majesty Long Yan was furious, and he ordered Jin Yiwei to take all the officials involved in the case into imperial prisons for torture."

"In this way, there will be a large number of vacant positions in water transportation. Water transportation is related to the lifeline of the country, but his daily job is just to maintain waterways and dams and supervise water customs tax collection. These tasks do not require much ability. But you need to have a strong character, after all, this job involves dealing with money every day. And such an errand, I think it is suitable for a person like Li Mo who has a good character but a bad temper. What do you think, Mr. Yu?"

"Hahahaha, Liangzhen!" Wang Daoqiu said that water transportation is just right for a person like Li Mo who has a good character but a bad temper.Although Yu Maojian thought that Wang Daoqiu's evaluation of Li Mo was a bit damaging.But at the same time, I also think Wang Daoqiu is right. It is indeed a job like water transport. Your character is bad and you can't control your own hands.If you have a good temper, you won't be able to sway those little officials below who want to reach out.Thinking about water transportation, it seems that it is tailor-made for people like Li Mo.

With the suitable position of water transportation, Yu Maojian thought of Yanzheng again, which can be used to place people like Li Mo.Yu Maojian was very happy to have solved a big problem. At the same time, he also sighed in his heart. Although Wang Daoqiu was young, he had already shown the bearing of a prime minister of a great country. .

Feeling lucky for the Ming Dynasty to have another good minister in his heart, and thinking about the bright future of the Ming Dynasty, Yu Maojian praised Wang Daoqiu endlessly.However, Wang Daoqiu told Yu Maojian at this time that Li Mo's arrangements should be suppressed first, and could not proceed until Xiyuan officially notified the various government offices of the corruption case in the water transportation department.After all, as a close servant, it was taboo for Wang Daoqiu to reveal things that had not yet been made public in the palace.

After listening to Wang Daoqiu's instructions, Yu Maojian could understand Wang Daoqiu's difficulties.So he repeatedly assured Wang Daoqiu that God knows this and the earth knows it, you know it and I know it.He would never reveal it to a third person, including his good friend Li Xiang, before the official announcement from the palace came out.

After talking about Li Mo, Yu Maojian asked Wang Daoqiu how to arrange Xu Jie.Regarding the placement of Xu Jie, Wang Daoqiu compared history and felt that Xu Jie's political ability was still very strong.This person is very pragmatic and can come up with practical solutions to various problems.

It's just that in history, Xu Jie got ahead of himself too early and wasted all his abilities on fighting for power in the officialdom.Moreover, in the long-term political struggle, he saw too much darkness. In the end, he subconsciously accepted the rules of the game in the officialdom. He got used to the way of thinking in the officialdom and lost his nature.From now on, when doing things, I only think about how to win, and not about the law of heaven.

Therefore, looking at Xu Jie's life, Wang Daoqiu felt that Xu Jie, who was only in his 40s and in his prime, should make more practical contributions to the local soil and water.As for being promoted to the Central Committee, when he is over 60 years old and his Xu family has not become Shanghai's "street clearing tiger" at that time, giving him a cabinet bachelor's position can be regarded as a milestone in his career. What a perfect ending!

After making arrangements for Xu Jie in his mind, Wang Daoqiu said to Yu Maojian: "Xu Jie was the same as Li Mo now when he was young. As long as he thinks something is wrong, he will get angry at you, no matter what your identity is. , no matter what position you hold, so he was also the spiritual symbol of all Hanlins in the Hanlin Academy. But after more than ten years of officialdom, he has become an old man now. I am in the Hanlin Academy and go to the Ministry of Personnel Affairs I had dealt with him during the formalities. Anyway, this guy gave me the impression that he was very sophisticated and smooth."

"To be honest, Sir, after my dealings with Xu Jie, I feel that Xu Jie is very likely to be the second Xia Yan in the future. He will be extremely upright when he is young, and will become extremely corrupt when he gets old. It's just that Xu Jie is much smarter than Xia Yan, and his future style of life should be closer to that of Chief Assistant Yan Song."

"What? Xu Jie will be the second Xia Yan and the second Yan Song in the future. What's the matter? Liangzhen, although I don't have much contact with you, I am still very convinced by the way you look at people. It's just that Then Xu Jie, can he really be? Liangzhen, this old man really can't believe it."

Xu Jie had just climbed to the top of the empire in the past few years. He had served as a minister in the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel. He was far from being a member of the empire's core decision-making circle.So in the past two years, he has been building up his reputation and striving for political achievements. He only wants to climb up. Small money is not something he can judge yet.Therefore, he has not shown his greedy nature yet, and the clear-minded people in the court like Yu Maojian still have a good impression of him.So now Wang Daoqiu said that Xu Jie might become the second Xia Yan and the second Yan Song in the future, which made Yu Maojian a little hard to accept.

But whether Yu Maojian can accept it or not, this is the future history.And as Wang Daoqiu chatted with him, the time moved forward regardless of people's will, and it was time for the opening of the palace and the ban on entering the palace for the morning court, so they could only stop talking and go to line up.

Although the courtiers all knew that Emperor Jiajing would not come to the morning court, China's top government officials for 5000 years have always emphasized form over reality.So if you know, you know, but the ministers still have to line up according to etiquette and enter the Forbidden City to listen to the eunuch's words: "The emperor has decreed that he will not be in court today."

(End of this chapter)