Chapter 489 The court push begins
After just finishing discussing the toll road management methods with Hai Rui, Huang Jin arrived at Prince Yu's Mansion before Zhu Zaijing could even take a sip of water.
Huang Jin's arrival also forced Zhu Zaijing to take the initiative to get up and go to the front hall to greet him.
After all, whether it was private or public affairs, Huang Jin also represented the Jiajing Emperor, and he had to be respected both emotionally and rationally.
So not long after Huang Jin arrived in the front hall, Zhu Zaijing also came over from the study courtyard.
"Father-in-law, are you free again today?"
Zhu Zaijing asked with a smile when they met.
When Huang Jin saw Zhu Zaijing coming out, he also laughed and said, "What are you talking about, Your Majesty? This servant has come here with a purpose."
When Zhu Zaijing heard that there was an edict, he let out an ooh and ahhhhh and said quickly: "Eunuch, please take a seat."
But Huang Jin did not move. Huang Jin stood on the spot and said to Zhu Zaijing: "It is said to be a decree, but in fact it is not a decree. The emperor just felt that the prince's task of supervising the country was a bit too easy, so he asked the servant to come and inform him Just tell me, you have to host the meeting at Huangji Palace later.”
When Zhu Zaijing heard this, he was stunned for a moment, "Isn't this the cabinet presiding over all the court affairs? What was the use of this king in the past?"
Huang Jin smiled and said: "Your Majesty is the supervisory prince, and the cabinet can preside over the court recommendation. It is also the emperor's grace. Now that the emperor wants to hand over this burden to the prince, naturally there is no need for the cabinet to be the referee and presiding officer." There is no one here. So, please go over and take charge.”
Zhu Zaijing said: "But I have no experience in this matter? What if this is a joke?"
Huang Jin said: "My lord, please relax, just stand high under the throne of Huangji Palace and look down at the ministers. For the rest, just listen to the officials' reasoning."
Zhu Zaijing suddenly exclaimed, it turned out that this candidate did not vote directly, and he had to explain the reasons.
Zhu Zaijing said: "Well, after I change my court clothes later, I will go to the Huangji Hall in person to preside over this important event."
After Huang Jin heard Zhu Zaijing's reply, he also hummed, "Well, I will go back and reply first."
Hearing that Huang Jin was about to leave, Zhu Zaijing also quickly ordered Meng Chong beside him: "Go and see your father-in-law off."
Meng Chong replied yes, and then diligently escorted Huang Jin out of the palace.
At this time, Zhu Zaijing also went back and asked someone to rummage through his court uniform.
Looking at this set of royal robes, Zhu Zaijing also sighed with emotion. In his memory, he had never worn this outfit a few times. Most of the time, he still showed others in ordinary clothes.
Now that he suddenly had to wear such a formal dress to go to Huangji Palace to enhance his presence, Zhu Zaijing felt a little flattered.
But Zhu Zaijing quickly adapted. Although he couldn't guess what Emperor Jiajing was thinking, he knew very well that he was the only future Emperor Jiajing could rely on.
Even if Emperor Jiajing's imperial skills were perfect, he would not be able to play tricks on his son and scare him as a daily routine. Moreover, after Zhu Zaijing knew that Zhu Zaizhen was a mule that couldn't lay eggs, he never stopped. I was worried about Emperor Jiajing's thoughts.
Just do whatever you have to do with a normal mentality. Anyway, you will never be uneasy because you can't guess Emperor Jiajing's thoughts.
Therefore, with this mentality, in fact, if it is serious, Zhu Zaijing somewhat despised the imperial power.
However, this kind of contempt will not be noticed so easily.
After all, Emperor Jiajing didn't like going to court, and he believed in the prophecy that "two dragons will never meet".
Therefore, even if Zhu Zaijing had the intention to despise the imperial power, he had no chance to show it in front of Emperor Jiajing.
Therefore, his performance, in the eyes of those who could see him, was just a calm and composed performance of a superior person, and they would never have thought that Zhu Zaijing no longer took Emperor Jiajing seriously.
After changing into court clothes, Zhu Zaijing moved his body a little uncomfortably. This kind of cumbersome etiquette formal clothes was indeed not as comfortable as ordinary clothes.
And because the weather is still in the cold winter months, it is inevitable that there will be some feeling of not being warm against the body.
But these are also minor situations. After all, Zhu Zaijing has also practiced "Xiantian Kung" for so many years. Although he has not yet reached the level of immunity from cold and heat, at least he has to resist cold and heat. Better endurance than ordinary people.
Therefore, even though this court dress was not so warm and close-fitting, Zhu Zaijing did not feel any coldness.
"Your Majesty, the car is ready."
After Zhu Zaijing was ready, Meng Chong also came to Zhu Zaijing's dormitory to remind him.
Zhu Zaijing hummed, "Let's go then."
Zhu Zaijing left the palace, got into his car, and drove toward the Forbidden City in accordance with the prince's travel etiquette.
Since the palace is located in the imperial city closest to the Forbidden City, in less than a quarter of an hour, Zhu Zaijing's car-driven honor guard arrived at the Meridian Gate, the main entrance of the Forbidden City, to follow.
After arriving here, Zhu Zaijing was of course not qualified to enter directly through the main entrance. His car stopped here, and then he took a few guards and entered through the side door.
Along the way from the Meridian Gate to the Huangji Hall, Zhu Zaijing actually felt a little hot and wanted to sweat.
The officials who had been waiting in the square in front of Huangji Palace could not help but look surprised when they saw the strange Prince Yu arriving.
"Why is Prince Yu here too?"
The officials who saw Zhu Zaijing coming towards Huangji Palace from a distance couldn't help but whisper when they saw Zhu Zaijing approaching.
At this moment, several elders of the cabinet, ministers of the six ministries, as well as the censor and deputy censor of the capital procuratorate also appeared.
The appearance of these big guys also attracted the attention of officials.
Yan Song was supported by Xu Jie, and they walked in the front, followed closely by Lu Ben and Li Chunfang, followed by the six ministers and others.
Yan Song stopped and raised his eyes, and saw Zhu Zaijing coming towards Huangji Palace. He said in a hoarse voice: "Let's wait for the prince here."
Xu Jie and others didn't have any objections, so they all stood on the square here without asking anyone to open the door of Huangji Palace and went inside to wait for Zhu Zaijing's arrival.
Zhu Zaijing, who came from afar, couldn't help but be surprised when he saw about a hundred people standing in the Huangji Palace Square.
Originally, he thought that there would only be a dozen or twenty officials qualified to be promoted, but judging from the current situation, it seemed that the number was far beyond his psychological expectations. At this time, Zhu Zaijing couldn't help but ask the people around him, "Who are the people who participated in the imperial court promotion?"
The people following Zhu Zaijing immediately replied: "The people participating in the court discussion include the six ministers, the censor of the capital, the six subjects, the minister of general affairs, the minister of Dali, and the censor in charge. If you meet the ministers of various ministries, For internal affairs of the department, ministers and other ministers can also make recommendations internally and then report them to the cabinet for His Majesty’s use.”
Zhu Zaijing said, "No wonder there are so many people. It turns out that the Six Ministries, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Sixth Section were all here."
It can be seen that the imperial court attaches great importance to the selection of new officials.
Zhu Zaijing saw so many people waiting for him in the cold wind in the square in front of Huangji Palace, and he felt a little embarrassed and quickened his pace a little.
When Zhu Zaijing walked to the Huangji Palace Square, Yan Song bowed to Zhu Zaijing with his head raised: "Old minister Yan Song pays homage to the prince."
The other ministers also bowed to Zhu Zaijing: "I will pay my respects to the prince."
Zhu Zaijing looked at the old Yan Song, who was still waiting for him here in the cold wind at such an old age. He did not think of Yan Song because of historical prejudices. After all, some historical facts are subjective. sexual.
Moreover, Yan Song is now the chief minister of the cabinet, with less than one person and more than ten thousand people. When Emperor Jiajing summons him, he will be given the courtesy of giving him a seat. Naturally, Zhu Zaijing may be pretending to be a big-tailed wolf in front of Yan Song, so he should be given Respect must still be given.
After all, the court is a place where face and rules are the most important. If a prince is so arrogant that even the court ministers can look down upon him, then the prince is either rebelling or making a mistake.
So Zhu Zaijing immediately took a few steps faster and directly supported Yan Song's arm, "The elder Ge is the pillar of the country, so there is no need to be so polite."
After lifting up Yan Song's body, Zhu Zaijing looked at the others and said, "Everyone, please get up. I am late, so you are cold."
Then Zhu Zaijing immediately ordered the guards to open the door of Huangji Palace.
Then Zhu Zaijing led everyone to the palace.
Entering the empty hall of Huangji Hall, although the temperature did not change much from outside, there was no cold wind blowing.
And because there were so many people entering the hall, within a short time, the temperature in the hall was obviously a few degrees warmer than when they first entered.
Zhu Zaijing looked at the Tingtui officials who were standing in order with the departments. He also turned around and walked from the small steps beside Dan to the right side closest to the throne in the main hall.
When Zhu Zaijing stood on the right side under the throne, the officials bowed to Zhu Zaijing again: "I pay my respects to the king of prison!"
Zhu Zaijing said: "Excuse me, everyone. It is my first time to participate in the court recommendation. I am not familiar with some procedures, so I would like to ask the cabinet to preside over it temporarily. I will first listen to your opinions and candidates for the court recommendation."
When all the officials in the palace heard Zhu Zaijing's words, they all returned the favor again.
Then, under the gaze of everyone, Xu Jie bowed slightly to Yan Song in front of him, and then stood up.
Xu Jie bowed to Zhu Zaijing and said: "Please tell me, Your Majesty, I will first announce the agenda of this court meeting."
Zhu Zaijing said: "Yes!"
After Xu Jie received Zhu Zaijing's "yes", he also took out from his sleeve the documents on the agenda that the cabinet had prepared long ago.
Xu Jie read: "On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month in the thirty-ninth year of Jiajing's reign, the cabinet led hundreds of officials to recommend candidates for the Ministry of Personnel. Those who participated in the recommendation included six ministers, all censors, and six subjects for Shizhong and Tong. There are a total of one hundred and thirty-one people including political envoys, Dali ministers and censors.”
"The cabinet plans to recommend candidates for the new Minister of Personnel. One of them is Ouyang Bijin, the Minister of Punishment, and the second is Gao Gong, the minister of household affairs and chairman of the Ming Dynasty Federal Reserve. After discussion by the six cabinet departments, these two people meet the qualifications for recommendation."
"I hope that all ministers will be able to understand the principles of selecting talents and recommend them carefully, so that they can be used by the country, so that worthy people will be in office and capable people will be in office, and they can work together to promote the prosperity of the country, and Du Ren is lucky to steal the throne."
After Xu Jie finished reading this paragraph, he stepped aside.
Then Ouyang Bijin and Gao Gong went out to bow to Zhu Zaijing, who was under the throne, and then bowed to the cabinet and other ministers in the palace.
Officials with lower official positions than the two of them also returned the courtesy slightly after the two of them bowed, showing that they were very polite and understood their dignity.
Zhu Zaijing also felt very novel when he saw this scene.
This was the first time he saw the scene of the Ming Dynasty's court recommendation. However, while being curious, Zhu Zaijing also noticed an obvious phenomenon, that is, there seemed to be no votes for the court recommendation. Could it be that they were also using a show of hands to vote?
You must know that voting by show of hands is an act of allegiance with psychological implications. When everyone raises their hands or when an important person raises their hands, the remaining people will be forced to raise their hands even if they are unwilling. Otherwise, it will stand out and be easily targeted.
Therefore, generally speaking, this form of recommendation by show of hands is more or less coercive and does not leave much room for personal expression.
However, Tingtui has not officially started yet, and Zhu Zaijing does not know whether they will use this method, so he will just wait and see what happens.
And even if it is this method, Zhu Zaijing will not think there is anything wrong. At least this method can make the most direct decisions with the least cost when dealing with major issues, so as to avoid internal disagreements due to internal disagreements. This leads to long periods of wrangling and internal friction.
Therefore, no matter what the final form is, Zhu Zaijing will not be too conceited about how "advanced" and "fair" his method is.
And to say the least, even if these people unanimously recommend Ouyang Bijin or Gao Gong as the new Minister of Staff, it still depends on Emperor Jiajing's final decision.
If the final results are sent to Emperor Jiajing, and Emperor Jiajing doesn't even look at them or make any circles, then it will be equivalent to declaring that the results of this trial are invalid.
Of course, this situation rarely happens, unless you encounter a passive and sabotaging emperor like Emperor Wanli. Otherwise, most of the results of such court recommendations can obtain the emperor's imperial approval.
After Ouyang Bijin and Gao Gong stood up and bowed.
Xu Jie came out again and said: "Due to Ouyang Shangshu's participation in the recommendation, the post of Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment may be vacant. Therefore, the candidate for Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment will be re-recommended based on the results of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Personnel."
"Therefore, after the cabinet discussed the candidate for Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, there are two candidates for the Minister of Punishment, one of which is."
Xu Jie had just said this, and Zhu Zaijing, who was standing high up, noticed something unusual. If he really followed what Xu Jie said, wouldn't he be telling all the officials in the palace that Ouyang Bijin was a sure winner? Candidate?
So Gao Gong still has a chance?
So Zhu Zaijing interrupted directly, "Wait a minute!"
Xu Jie's words were immediately cut off by Zhu Zaijing. The officials looked up at Zhu Zaijing from above in astonishment.
Zhu Zaijing also looked at everyone, and he said calmly: "The issue of the court recommendation behind Mr. Xu Ge can be discussed after the selection of the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel is recommended. Now let's take out the Minister of Justice who is Ouyang Shangshu as early as possible. Are you a little impatient? ”
"In case Ouyang Shangshu is not unanimously recommended by all officials, isn't the candidate you are proposing to be the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment just a piece of cake that can be seen but not eaten?"
"Therefore, until the candidate for the new Minister of Personnel has been selected by His Majesty, we will not assume that the vacancy of the Ministry of Punishment will be chosen for the time being."
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