But if the emperor does not go to court, do not go to the countryside, and does not perform sacrifices, then it is not a big deal. The ministers can just do whatever they want.
So the real big thing at the end of the year is to complete the cabinet class before closing the office for the New Year.
As for the candidate for Minister of Rites, it is better to do more happy things as the Chinese New Year is approaching and not to cause trouble for others.
Given this situation, whoever is appointed as the Minister of Etiquette is probably in the same mood as "carrying a coffin to court".
Zhao Zhigao, the first assistant, asked the former first assistant, the first second assistant, and the first three assistants to each recommend one person to join the cabinet.
Regardless of whether he is sincere or not, he has established an image of a loyal elder who is tolerant and generous.
However, this proposal was fiercely opposed by Lu Guangzu, the censor of Zuodu.
If Wang Jiaping recommends one person, that's all. If three former bachelors recommend people, then what's the point?
The people recommended by Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue, in the current situation, still don't listen to Zhao Zhigao when they get to the cabinet?
Moreover, the memorial against Zhao Zhigao also to some extent undermined the prestige of the new chief minister, which was considered to be killing two birds with one stone.
Lu Guangzu's reasons were also hard-line. Shangshu said: "The assistant minister should be promoted by the court, and should not be surrendered, let alone be privately accepted by the first and second assistants!"
As Zhou Yingqiu said, the cabinet itself is an irregular existence, so there are no certain rules on how to select cabinet ministers.
The Ming Dynasty never had clear regulations on how to select bachelors. Anyway, all roads lead to Rome.
How to select cabinet ministers may be different every time, and it mainly depends on the strength of each party.
Emperor Jiajing personally promoted Li Chunfang all the way to the cabinet without going through any "procedures". Who can say anything?
As for other situations, sometimes it is recommended by the officials, sometimes it is recommended by the ministers, and sometimes it is recommended by the ministers themselves.
However, as Zhao Fu proposed this time, this is the first time that resigned cabinet ministers are allowed to recommend successor candidates, at least on a public level.
However, after seeing Lu Guangzu's objections, Emperor Wanli responded: "The two ministers of the Ministry of Education Ting Tui."
Asking foreign courts to recommend cabinet ministers is equivalent to throwing two bones into the pack of dogs.
When ministers fight over the chance to join the cabinet, they no longer have the energy to quarrel with the country.
In this way, I can at least have a peaceful year. After the year, there will be a new subject examination and the palace examination, so I can probably live in peace until April or May.
As for the other spot, Emperor Wanli still planned to let Wang Jiaping recommend it. After all, Wang Jiaping resigned from office to take the blame for himself.
Therefore, "recommending new people" is the reward Wang Jiaping deserves. It cannot make the heroes bleed or shed tears, and it can also ensure that at least one person in the cabinet can restrain Zhao Zhigao.
After considering these, Emperor Wanli felt that his imperial skills had improved again.
As the saying goes, literary style is getting newer every day, making a little progress every day!
He just didn't know what the results of Ting Tui would be. Emperor Wanli had a hunch that he was going to have a lot of fun.
If we talk about court recommendation, we must first look at the list of ministers who participated in the court recommendation.
Originally, in this year in history, the censor of Zuodu was Li Shida, the minister of official affairs was Lu Guangzu, the minister of household affairs was Yang Junmin, the minister of rites was changed three times, the minister of war was Shi Xing, the minister of punishment was Sun Piyang, and the minister of industry was Zeng Tongheng.
The vast majority of people are either Qingliu forces or allies of Qingliu forces. They can be said to be star-studded, and can also be called the "Zhongzhengying Dynasty". The purity of Qingliu is probably second only to the early Chongzhen Dynasty.
When I took a quick look at the list in the original history, I thought it was a list of enemies of the Nine Yuan True Immortal.
What Lin Tailai has been doing all these years is actually to seize positions from this group of people - this is probably the most essential reason why this group of people have become Lin Tailai's enemies.
So far, it has been quite fruitful, and Lin Tailai is very satisfied with his butterfly effect.
Single-handedly suppressing the Qingliu forces, the predecessor of the Donglin Party, to only one-third of their original historical power, who else would it be?
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Chapter completed!