Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 144 The court is subtle
Six governors, eight ministers, and eight temple ministers were elected, and the court meeting ended here.

In Zhu Youjian's opinion, handling things in this way is very slow, and there are still many things that have not been dealt with.

But in the eyes of the officials, the efficiency is already high enough.

To appoint so many officials, it would take several months to write the edict, issue the edict, and then have people come to formally take up their posts——

If there were not too many officials implicated in the fall of the Eunuch Party, so many senior officials would never have been replaced at once.

According to the previous selection method of the imperial court, so many high-ranking officials would not have been elected so quickly.

And unlike Zhu Youjian's dissatisfaction with Shaoqing, the ministers were very satisfied with the selection of Shaoqing, Zhengqing, and governor.

Because the emperor generally followed the previous methods, and respected the elected candidates very much, many of the accompanying candidates were promoted.

Unlike when Wei Zhongxian was in power in the past, as long as he was not in line with his wishes, he would be revoked or even reduced to civilian status.

The fact that the current emperor can respect the official recommendation and accompany the recommendation is already very good in the eyes of the ministers.

Even though the emperor was very satisfied with the selection of ministers, the ministers had many criticisms——

Their sense of participation is really not strong in such matters as equal quota promotion.

It feels like Tingtui, but also like there is no Tingtui.

Basically, those people were selected as ministers according to the emperor's wishes.

"Can this still be considered a recommendation?"

"Is it Emperor Te Jian?"

After the dynasty dispersed, some officials wondered.

This kind of thing was basically the case for ministers before Hongzhi.

After the imperial examination began in the Hongzhi period, there were also many ministers in Jiajing.

But after Wanli, the imperial power shrank, and there were very few special letters——

Officials who have been specially removed cannot continue to work.

Now the emperor has recommended eight ministers, which makes the ministers feel that they are special ministers, but they are promoted by the ministers.

This made some people wonder, were those eight people recommended by the imperial court or specially selected by the emperor?

"Of course it's a recommendation. Didn't you see the votes?"

"Those eight people were elected by one vote. How can they be called special?"

An official chuckled, feeling dissatisfied with the equal amount of tingtui, but admitted that they were tingtui.

Otherwise, it would be even worse to break the rules and admit that the emperor appointed these eight officials -

It has been passed at the court meeting and the edict is being drafted and issued. If this is the emperor's special abbreviation, what should the emperor do directly in the future to directly abide by the officials?
It's better to admit that it was Tingtui, which shows that the emperor still respects this form.

As for the equal-amount recommendation method, just find a way to change it.

Civil servants can change the three official selection methods of special official, cabinet recommendation and ting recommendation into the main method of selecting officials. It is not that easy for the emperor to directly appoint officials in the name of ting recommendation -

How could a mere emperor fight against so many officials?

Nowadays, it is just that there are too many vacancies in the court and most of the ministers in the court are waiting for review, so the struggle is not so fierce.

After the civil servants elected today take office and all the ministers in the court pass the review, it will not be that easy.

In the future, the emperor and the ministers will still have disputes over the matter of court promotion!
But this is all a matter for the future. Now the government and the opposition are more concerned about martial law and the grinding law.

Under Yuan Keli's promotion, the formulation of martial law provisions has been accelerated, and a formal edict will be issued soon.

After Mo Kanfa made a grand statement in the Ministry of Civil Service's study room, the emperor ordered a court meeting to decide whether the matter should be passed.

Because there will be a new moon court on the 15th day after tomorrow, and a regular court on the 16th the day after tomorrow. The date of the court meeting has been set by the emperor tomorrow.

Whether the grinding survey law is passed or not depends on this court meeting.

The officials still had different attitudes towards this matter. Someone sighed:

"Science and technology officials measure their talents and salaries, and they are promoted both internally and externally. There is no need to limit them to twice a year or the number."

"Officials of the two Jingbu and temples can be promoted no matter whether they are one or three years old. They can be promoted after completing their duties, and they can be promoted before their duties are completed."

"If the grinding and surveying law were implemented, there would be no such good thing!"

In the past, officials in the Department of Science and Technology could move several times a year. Officials in the capital could be promoted as long as they completed an errand. If they could not complete an errand, they could continue to be responsible for the original errand after being promoted in the department.

After the implementation of the Grinding Method, promotion will naturally be impossible if things are not completed.

Even if you complete the work, you will only get a year's merit at most, and it is impossible to be directly promoted.

This is the reason why many officials in the capital are opposed to Mo Kanfa. Compared with before, promotion is too slow.

Officials at the middle and lower levels have one idea, while ministers in the court have another idea.

Thinking about the fact that when Wei Zhongxian was in power, many officials were promoted to the first and second ranks within a few years, the ministers were a little scared - they were worried that the emperor would use this precedent to promote some people to serve as court officials.

In that way, the emperor might still implement the grinding and surveying method in a few years, but the ministers in the court would change.

If I object now, what’s the point?

It would be better for them to implement the grinding method and avoid the need to replace the emperor.

Zhu Youjian saw this and decided to let the ministers discuss it and promote the passing of the grinding survey law.

Even if the middle and lower-level civil servants are dissatisfied with the matters decided by the court, they must respect the results——

If they don't respect it, the emperor will disrespect it even more and even abandon the court meeting.

Lu Tunan discussed with Yang Jingchen and felt very emotional about this. Lu Tunan said:
"Your Majesty's methods are becoming more and more sophisticated!"

"After overthrowing the eunuchs, His Majesty has taken control of the overall situation in the court."

"If you want to be promoted in the future, you have to rely on His Majesty."

Yang Jingchen had no reaction to this, because he had already surrendered to the emperor, and said to Lu Tunan:
"Your Majesty should be in control of the court affairs. The court should not be as chaotic as before."

"It's about Hong Chengchou. What do you think?"

"Is His Majesty dissatisfied with us?"

"Dissatisfied?" Lu Tunan frowned slightly and said:
"You are His Majesty's confidant, how could His Majesty be dissatisfied?"

Yang Jingchen shook his head and said:

"Today, the governor was elected. Most of the candidates were proposed by Fang Shangshu. His Majesty agreed to them all. It seems that he is very satisfied with Fang Shangshu."

"When the ministers were recommended, I saw that His Majesty was not so satisfied, but most of them were approved."

"Only Hong Chengchou. This candidate was proposed by me, but His Majesty specifically singled him out."

"Is His Majesty dissatisfied with me? Or because Hong Chengchou is from Nan'an, His Majesty felt that there were too many people from Quanzhou in the court, so he was left idle?"

Jinjiang and Nan'an both belong to Quanzhou Prefecture. Yang Jingchen was worried that the emperor felt that there were too many Quanzhou people in the court, so he left Hong Chengchou idle.

Yang Jingchen was still very optimistic about Hong Chengchou, a junior from his hometown, thinking that he was very talented and could become a minister in the future.

Therefore, he wanted to promote Hong Chengchou to a capital official to assist him in the court.

Now idle by the emperor, this plan died.

Lu Tunan moved to Jinjiang from Nan'an. When he heard that this fellow countryman might be left unused by the emperor because of his place of origin, his expression also became solemn.

Then I thought about the fact that Prime Minister Su Mao moved to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, but there has been no sound. I felt that the emperor really felt that there were too many people in Quanzhou and was unwilling to add new people to the court:
"A great scholar, a ninth minister, and two ministers."

"There are indeed too many Jinjiang ministers in the court."

"Perhaps Your Majesty is wary of party strife and is on guard against the slightest inkling."

Speaking of his judgment, Lu Tunan said:

"In the future, the two of us will try not to get involved in the affairs of Zhang Ruitu and Su Maoxiang."

"Lest His Majesty think that we fellow villagers form a clique and occupy court positions."

Lu Tunan, the political envoy, was not at all conspicuous in the past, and his position was not as good as that of Yang Jingchen, who was the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, let alone Su Mao, the minister of household affairs in Cangchang, the governor-general.

But now that His Majesty has ascended to power, he has established a standing meeting. As one of the nine ministers, the general's authority increased day by day.

Now Lu Tunan's status has surpassed that of all ministers. Su Maoxiang, the governor of Cangchang, the Minister of Household Affairs, became the minister of the governor of Cangchang.

It can be said that the status of the two has been reversed. Things that Lu Tunan didn't need to consider before must now be considered.

Thinking that there is now a Jinjiang native in the court as a bachelor and a Jinjiang native as the Jiuqing, Lu Tunan finally understands why Su Mao is not a minister.

He even looked at Yang Jingchen and felt that if he wanted to be a minister, he must have a cabinet minister or Jiuqing from Jinjiang to step down from his current position.

After all, the status of Jiuqing is too high. As the prime minister, a bachelor's power will not be much weaker no matter how weakened it is -

All decrees that are not drafted by the cabinet are the official decrees, and the civilian officials will not pay attention to them at all. Matters that the six ministries have no authority to handle must also be handed over to the cabinet.

Several bachelors formed a party with Jiuqing, and the consequences can be imagined.

Therefore, the emperor was trying to prevent the slightest change and restricted his fellow villagers from serving as ministers in the court.

After guessing this, Lu Tunan asked Yang Jingchen to look at the vacancies for local chief envoys and inspectors to see if Hong Chengchou could be elected.

If Hong Chengchou can be promoted to the third-rank position of local chief, it means that the emperor is not dissatisfied with them, but just feels that they are not suitable for them to be in the capital.

If Hong Chengchou could not even be promoted to the third rank of local chief, it meant that the emperor was very dissatisfied with them. The official positions of these people may be adjusted.

No matter how optimistic they were before, Hong Chengchou, a junior, was used to test the emperor.

(End of this chapter)