Chapter 493 Candidates for the Ministry of Industry
Gao Gong acted very quickly. The next day, he and Ouyang Bijin jointly recommended Zhao Wenhua, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, to be appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Justice.
When Emperor Jiajing saw this recommendation memorial co-signed by Gao Gong, a playful smile appeared on his face.
Emperor Jiajing patted the recommendation note in his hand, then turned to Huang Jin and said, "Whose idea did you say to recommend Zhao Wenhua to be appointed Minister of the Ministry of Punishment?"
< br>When Huang Jin heard what Emperor Jiajing said, he carefully replied: "It should be Mr. Yan Ge, right?"
Emperor Jiajing chuckled and said: "Yan Song is indeed possible, but look at who else signed this memorial?"
Huang Jin respectfully took the memorial from Emperor Jiajing and quickly When I saw the name under the first line, it actually had a high arch, which was unexpected.
Huang Jindao: "How come there is Gao Gong's name? Didn't he follow Mr. Xu Ge?"
Emperor Jiajing smiled and shook his head, "Who said Gao Gong followed Xu Jie? ?Have you forgotten the whole story of this official affair? Gao Gong and Xu Jie are at odds with each other, and they are destined not to stand together. There is only one person who can command Gao Gong, and that is San'er! "
Huang Jin was surprised: "Did the emperor mean Prince Yu? But why did Prince Yu ask Gao Gong to recommend Zhao Wenhua? Mr. Ge’s adopted son, according to the criticisms of those outside the court, Zhao Wenhua is the core of the strict party.”
Emperor Jiajing hummed and said: "The so-called Qingliu of the Strict Party, in my opinion, are just a bunch of hypocrites clinging to each other. If I keep supporting Yan Song, then more than 90% of the so-called Qingliu in the imperial court will be the so-called Qingliu of the Strict Party." , but if I don’t praise Yan Song, then more than half of the people in the government and the public will call themselves Qingliu, and even the so-called Yan Party itself will call itself Qingliu. "
"As for whether they are a party or a Qingliu, it all depends on me. In a moment of thought, they thought. I represent the so-called righteousness of the court, but in my opinion, except for a few of these people who have some real abilities, most of them are just a bunch of hard-working people."
"But. It's a pity that I can't use these wines Make rice bags, otherwise I won’t be able to manage this world by myself, so I gave these gangsters a chance to rise above the temple.”
When Emperor Jiajing talked about employing people, I had to get up helplessly.
And this kind of helplessness is not only experienced by Emperor Jiajing, but also by most emperors.
But unfortunately, given the environment and era they live in, this helplessness is also an unchangeable reality.
After all, not everyone can be as lucky as a pioneer, who can gather a large number of useful talents around him.
Most emperors live in an environment where they have no friends and comrades-in-arms, and there are not many loyal people who can really consider them.
So when a dynasty develops to a certain period of time, sometimes it is not only hard to find talents, but also hard to find opportunities.
Even if Emperor Jiajing saw the talents of certain people, even if he knew the abilities of certain people, he had to spend more time investigating and understanding them because he was not sure of their loyalty.
In this process, as the emperor, the information he could receive was delivered to him one by one by living people. Once some people said bad things that he valued, and his investigation results happened to When the situation described by the person who reported the report was almost the same, even though he was extremely smart, he had to hesitate and be cautious.
Otherwise, once you use the wrong person, trust the wrong person, and entrust huge power to the wrong person, the consequences will be no joke.
So sometimes even if the people around him are idiots, Emperor Jiajing has to entrust him with important tasks and let him have the power to decide safety, just like Qiu Luan back then.
Could Emperor Jiajing not know that Qiu Luan was a mediocre talent?
But why should most of the military power be entrusted to him instead of the so-called famous historical generals? The fundamental reason is that Emperor Jiajing was not sure whether the so-called capable generals were absolutely loyal to him. .
If you are not absolutely loyal and hand over such important military power to them, if something goes wrong, it will be like the old man eating arsenic - living impatiently.
So sometimes when loyalty is not certain, it is better to use some stupid people than to use those capable people who are too smart.
After Emperor Jiajing finished sighing, he said to Huang Jin: "San'er is smart. Zhao Wenhua is obviously Yan Song's adopted son, but now San'er has grasped the vital point and held it in his hands. Just this A little bit, I can feel more relieved when I put some more burdens on him."
When Huang Jin heard that Emperor Jiajing exaggerated Zhu Zaijing, his heart was filled with confusion. Could it be that the emperor really wanted to do this? Have you set up a savings account?
“Does the emperor mean to ask the cabinet to convene another court recommendation to push Zhao Wenhua to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Justice?”
Huang Jin whispered what he guessed.
Emperor Jiajing shook his head slightly, "There is no need for court recommendation, and not everything needs to be handled by court recommendation. Now that we have the joint recommendation memorial from the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, I can make the best move. Zhao Wenhua was transferred here."
Huang Jin quickly said: "The emperor is wise! "
Emperor Jiajing chuckled and said: "But the next candidate for the Minister of Industry must be recommended again, otherwise I will not be able to think of anyone who is suitable for this position. "
Huang Jindao: "Is that slave going to announce the decree now?"
Emperor Jiajing hummed, "Go ahead, don't delay this matter until after the new year. I estimate that San'er's decision to push Zhao Wenhua so quickly must be because of Wang Zhi's matter. Originally, I was still thinking about this matter before or after the new year." It will be resolved in the next year. It seems that San'er is already confident. I can’t wait to see the final result.”
After Huang Jin heard Emperor Jiajing talking about Wang Zhi, he couldn’t help but be secretly surprised. It turned out that these things went around and around, but they still ended up with Wang Zhi. , it seems that the emperor is really interested in opening up the sea.
With Emperor Jiajing's decree, Huang Jin did not hesitate and immediately went to the cabinet to convey the recommendation of the Ministry of Personnel to recommend Zhao Wenhua to be transferred to the vacant post of Minister of the Ministry of Justice. Yan Song, Xu Jie and others heard this After hearing the decree, no one had any objections. They immediately began to prepare a formal appointment decree, and then handed it over to the Chief of Ceremonies to submit it to Emperor Jiajing's seal for it to take effect.
At the same time, Huang Jin also conveyed the recommendation for the vacancy of the Minister of Industry. However, due to the approaching New Year's Eve, the matter was postponed to next year's Lantern Festival before the recommendation.
It can be seen that in the Ming Dynasty, the Spring Festival annual holiday was quite long, and the holiday could be taken directly from the New Year's Eve to after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Of course, this is also the only long holiday after the Ming and Qing Dynasties in ancient times.
Because during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with the strengthening of autocratic power, not only officials' salaries decreased, but even holidays were pitiful.
During the Han and Tang dynasties, officials could still have 100 days of vacation per year, but after the Ming and Qing Dynasties, even if the longest Spring Festival holiday was added, the number of vacations in the year would not be More than a month.
It can be seen that in Zhu Yuanzhang's dictionary, the officials of the Ming Dynasty were nothing but horses!
But these cows and horses are all cows and horses holding public power. If they are unhappy, naturally they will not make the people below much happy. Therefore, many local officials in the Ming Dynasty did everything they could to trouble the local people. If the feudal autocratic management had not evolved over the past one or two thousand years, it would have been difficult to say that under such management, What trouble could happen?
However, these worries are unnecessary. After successive dynasties' continuous compression of "pinching and emasculating" management, anyone who resisted with some blood and blood will be killed without mercy. .
The remaining people must either accept their fate or die!
So it was almost impossible for the feudal dynasty to break out into an earth-shaking rebellion unless it was forced to have no food to eat!
It can be seen that the feudal system is far ahead in the development of people ruling people, and this system is also the basis for the Central Plains dynasty to assimilate other foreign rulers.
If it were not based on this management model that was beneficial to them, how could the tribal chiefs who were used to being wild in the grasslands be so enthusiastic about Chineseization? Do they really love Confucian culture?
What they love is this low-cost ruling culture. As long as they assimilate themselves into this culture and occupy the top of the pyramid, they can enjoy peace and happiness for at least two to three hundred years.
So in the face of such huge benefits, idiots are unwilling to Chineseize!
Time has quietly come to the 40th year of Jiajing.
This day is also the New Year's Day at the beginning of the year, which is also the Spring Festival that people will celebrate hundreds of years later.
On this day, Zhu Zaijing first asked Meng Chong to go to Xiyuan to deliver a memorial to greet him and celebrate the New Year, and then waited in the main hall of his palace for Gao Gong and others who came to pay him a visit.
These people are all officials from Prince Yu's Mansion, and they all have the title of master and disciple with Zhu Zaijing, so on this day, there is no problem for them to visit Zhu Zaijing to pay New Year's greetings. .
After all, Emperor Jiajing would not hold a court meeting on New Year's Day and ask hundreds of officials to congratulate him on the New Year.
So in addition to preparing a New Year's greeting note to hand in early, these officials all go to their own mountains to pay New Year greetings.
So people like Gao Gong, who has a clear-cut banner in Prince Yu's Mansion, will come to the Prince's Mansion to pay New Year's greetings without any scruples on this day.
Zhu Zaijing was sitting in the main hall. Several pots of warm charcoal fires had been lit in the main hall early, and some dried fruit candies were prepared, as well as some off-season fruits grown in the palace.
Gao Gong arrived at Prince Yu's Mansion with Zhang Juzheng, Li Chunfang, Chen Yiqin, Hai Rui and others.
When they entered the palace, Meng Chong, who was standing in front of the palace to greet them, also greeted them happily, as if they were having a wonderful New Year.
After they said hello to each other at the palace gate, they followed Meng Chong to the main hall of the palace.
After arriving at the main hall, several people stood in order and bowed to Zhu Zaijing who stood up to greet them: "I am waiting to wish the prince a happy new year."
Zhu Zaijing smiled and said: "I would also like to wish all gentlemen a Happy New Year. Please sit down quickly."
Gao Gong and others bowed to Zhu Zaijing again, "Thank you, Your Majesty."< br>
Then they sat on the chairs in the main hall one by one and began to talk about the festival.
First of all, everyone congratulated Gao Gong, and Gao Gong responded to everyone's congratulations with a humble smile.
After all, his progress this time was extremely huge. He jumped directly from the concurrent position of the Minister of Household Affairs to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. This luck made everyone unable to bear it except Li Chunfang who was present. I want to shed tears of envy.
Zhu Zaijing looked at everyone's joy and looked at Li Chunfang.
Zhu Zaijing said: "Mr. Li is now the minister of the Ministry of Rites and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. He is also on duty in Xiyuan. He is also a bachelor of the cabinet. However, there seems to be no movement in the past two years. Now there is an announcement from the Ministry of Works. There is a vacancy in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry. I wonder if Mr. Li is willing to seize this opportunity to take a further step?"
When Li Chunfang heard Zhu Zaijing talk about the position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he must have been moved.
Although he is in the cabinet now, he has an unjust and unjust reputation in the cabinet. If he can have a ministerial position now, maybe he will have one soon. Make more definite progress and become a true cabinet maester.
Once he really becomes a bachelor of the cabinet, according to the current ranking sequence, in the future he will also be very high-ranking, and Zhang Juzheng and others will take one step to get the position of chief minister of the cabinet.
So Li Chunfang was really excited.
Li Chunfang asked: "Is it really possible, minister?"
Zhu Zaijing smiled and said: "Of course it is possible, but the Ministry of Industry is not a good place to go. Now Mr. Yan Shifan and Mr. Xu Ge The good eldest son Xu Fan is the minister of the staff department. If you can't suppress them, you may be punished by the following if you go there to be the minister."
Li Chunfang immediately said: "I am not afraid! How can I be an official in the imperial court and serve His Majesty and the Prince? I am still the number one scholar in the 26th year of Jiajing. How can I be suppressed by these two supervisors who complement my father's merits? "
Zhu Zaijing smiled and said: "Okay, in that case, I will recommend you as a candidate for Minister of Industry after the year, but whether Tingtui can choose you by then is not something I can control."
Li Chunfang was still excited and said: "With the prince's trust so much, even if I cannot become the minister of the Ministry of Industry, I will still live up to the prince's expectations."
Everyone envied Li Chunfang at this moment. Li Chunfang really belongs there. Plant a child of luck who comes from behind.
The time he arrived at Prince Yu's Mansion was not as high as Gao Gongzao, not as high as Zhang Juzheng, and not as early as Hai Ruizao.
But he was just lucky. Not only did he quickly gain the appreciation of Emperor Jiajing, he was quickly promoted to Minister of Rites, and he was also made concurrently a Hanlin bachelor and on duty in the cabinet. This is simply typical. Be an official role model.
Zhu Zaijing smiled and said: "It is a trivial matter to live up to the king. What is important is that you must be worthy of the court and His Majesty's cultivation. Although the status of the Ministry of Industry is compared with the other five ministries and the Ducha Although he is not as good as the court, he is also a serious official of the six departments of the imperial court and is in charge of the construction of important projects throughout the Ming Dynasty. ”
"Although there has been some slack in these years and no achievements have been made, if we can check and fill the gaps in time and keep up with the needs of the times, the Ministry of Industry may not be able to shine dazzlingly in the future."
"So, if You really have hope of serving as Minister of Industry. I hope that you will not be like the previous Minister of Industry. The book is just muddle along, doing some commonplace things, you should also use your subjective initiative and actively make the Ministry of Industry the most successful one among the six!”
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