Chapter 72 Cabinet Selection

The Ministry of Punishment manages the world's prisons, and all cases involving military exile or above must be reported. Especially cases involving court officials are indispensable. Qin Xin's father is the magistrate of Huzhou, and the crime is still a capital crime. Of course, the Ministry of Punishment must

There are records.

Yue Su only needed to give an order, and soon the chief clerk fetched Cheng Zhongwei's files. Yue Su opened it and flipped through it. The records inside were very detailed. It was recorded that Cheng Zhongwei had committed corruption and bribery during his tenure, oppressed the people, and found silver in his house.

Eighty thousand taels were used as evidence. The sentencing results were also clearly written. Cheng Zhongwei was sentenced to death, the men were exiled to the army, and the women were sent to the Jiaofang Division. The big local businessmen who paid bribes were also decapitated, and those who were exiled were confiscated, and all their property was confiscated.

There is no flaw in the entire case file. If you want to overturn the case, you really need to go through some troubles, unless you take advantage of your authority. Master Yue will not take advantage of his authority, especially in the criminal aspect. If you want a retrial, you need to go to Huzhou.

It will take some time to investigate and detain those involved in the case. However, the Ministry of Punishment has so many people, so just send a few to Huzhou for a trip.

Yue Su immediately called Xing Ying and asked him to send a few agents to Huzhou to investigate Cheng Zhongwei and learn about his official reputation.

Just after Xing Ying was sent away, someone from the cabinet sent a message saying that Mr. Fang Ge had asked Yue Su to come over and discuss important matters. As a new cabinet member, whenever the cabinet has big or small matters, when making decisions, no matter what

Whether you object or agree, you must sign your name.

This was Yue Su's first time to attend a cabinet meeting. Of course, he couldn't neglect it. He immediately ordered someone to prepare a sedan chair and go to the Forbidden City. The cabinet office is in a courtyard within the Forbidden City. After Yue Su entered the court, he didn't wait to enter the conference hall.

There was a noise coming from inside. As soon as he heard the sound, Yue Su knew who it was. One was Gu Bingqian and the other was Fang Congzhe. The two old guys were arguing fiercely.

The general content, Yue Su soon understood, was about the list of substitute officials submitted by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The subject was Shandong. Fang Congzhe expressed his approval for the people on the list to go to Shandong, while Gu Bingqian opposed it. Originally, most of the cabinet members were eunuchs.

There is only one outsider, Fang Congzhe. However, after Wei Guangwei and the others were dismissed, Yue Su was added, and two old guys were added in terms of seniority, so there are still seven people. The two newcomers obviously do not want to be associated with the Eunuch Party.

So he took the initiative to stand on Fang Congzhe's side. In this way, there were three people on Gu Bingqian's side, and three on Fang Congzhe's side. Regardless of Gu Bingqian, Zhou Ruxin still held the positions of first assistant and second assistant, but because she had just lost the case,

After a while, the momentum has obviously weakened a lot, and there is no way to suppress Fang Congzhe. You know, when Fang Congzhe was the chief assistant, you Gu Bingqian was considered a "mao". Now that the seven people have different opinions, of course they must be elected.

It's obviously not possible to vote against three. Yue Su's vote is extremely important.

Of course, in Fang Congzhe's heart, Yue Su would definitely be on his side.

Yue Su walked in slowly, and when he saw him coming in, the noise inside stopped. Everyone raised their hands to say hello, and then heard Fang Congzhe say: "Master Yue, you came just in time. Now we are waiting for the official report to be presented to the officials.

There is a dispute over the selection of substitute officials. The seven people in the cabinet need to make a final decision when their opinions are not unanimous. Now it is three to three, and your vote is of great importance."

Yue Su had always been hostile to Eunuch Wei, and Gu Bingqian didn't even need to guess, he knew that Yue Su would definitely side with Fang Congzhe. And in his mind, this list might have been discussed between Fang Congzhe and Yue Su.

But how could he know who was on the list? Yue Su had no idea at all. Yue Su smiled slightly and said: "So it's for this purpose. I just don't know who the officials are on the list. I want to take a look first."

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"The list is now in the hands of Gu Shoufu." Fang Congzhe also had a smile on his face.

A smile appeared on Gu Bingqian's face, and he lifted the list on the table, waiting for Yue Su to come and get it. But he was sneering in his heart, "You can really pretend, don't you know who is on it?"

Yue Su walked over and took the list, then walked back to his seat and sat down, and began to read through it slowly.

This kind of list of officials is not allowed to just write their names, but also their place of origin, education, and work experience. Because it has to be submitted to the emperor in the end. If there is only one name, how can the emperor know that so many officials are in one day?

what for.

Yue Su had only been an official for a short period of time, so of course he didn't know which party these officials belonged to, but once he saw such a detailed introduction, he quickly understood. Most of the officials sent to Henan, Zhili, and Shanxi were originally from Shandong.

Although some of them are from Huguang and Zhejiang, they are estimated to be officials attached to the three parties. Although the officials sent to Shandong have different origins, they all have one common characteristic.

They are officials in Beijing, including officials, heads of various ministries, doctors and so on.

After reading this, could Yue Su still not understand what the situation was? However, there was no expression on his face, and he just said lightly: "How do the officials choose people? There are religious bandits in Shandong now who are causing "rebellion".

Is it appropriate to send so many officials to serve as local officials at this juncture? At least some who know the soldiers should be selected. Otherwise, how will we resist if the religious bandits attack the city?"

As soon as Yue Su's words came out, it was beyond Gu Bingqian's expectation. The old guy thought that Yue Su would agree after just two glances. Now that's the case, how could he not go along with it? Gu Bingqian immediately said: "Master Yue said

What's more, there are currently religious bandits in Shandong who are causing "rebellion", and suppressing the bandits is the top priority. Most of the officials sent to Shandong are just officials and have no knowledge of soldiers. If this time passes, they will be useless."

Fang Congzhe looked on with cold eyes. Seeing Yue Su say this, he gritted his teeth secretly in anger and thought to himself, "Yue Su, Yue Su, are you really confused, or are you pretending to be confused? I am trying to eradicate the power of the eunuchs in Beijing. You interrupt me."

What? If Xiong Tingbi takes action, the bandits will be defeated. Those who have more officials will not have many officials, and those who have fewer officials will have many officials. What are your plans? "

Immediately, Fang Congzhe looked at Yue Su and asked calmly: "I wonder what kind of officials Mr. Yue thinks it would be better to send to fill the gap in Shandong? You know, now that officials are dispatched from other provinces, they may not be able to quench their thirst for water from afar.

, it is better to send officials from the capital."

Yue Su said unhurriedly: "Master Fang is right. I think we should select capable officials from Zhili. In this way, we will send a message to the Ministry of Personnel now and ask Wang Shangshu to come to discuss the matter. By the way, we will send the Northern Zhili officials to the Ministry of Civil Affairs."

We have brought the files of officials below the third rank and the list of candidates for Jinshi, from which we can select those who can be used."

He is a cabinet minister and a bachelor of the Dongge University. He naturally has the right to transfer the Minister of Civil Affairs to the cabinet to discuss matters. Especially what he is saying now is very beneficial to the eunuch party. How can Gu Bingqian not cooperate. "Master Yue, please come.

Go to the Ministry of Personnel quickly and ask Wang Shangshu to come here to discuss matters. Remember to tell him to bring the files of officials from the third rank and below in Beizhili and the list of candidates for Jinshi."

As soon as Gu Bingqian expressed his stance, the other two ministers of the eunuch party also immediately said: "Your Majesty, I would like to thank you."

As soon as the eunuchs came to Yue Su's side, Fang Congzhe lost his temper. It was obvious that it was four to three, and it was useless to say anything. Moreover, there is another very important point, that is, whether it is Eunuch Wei or Mr. Yue,

No matter what, they are all the most trusted by the emperor. For a moment, Fang Congzhe seemed to feel a crisis, that is, without Yue Su's support, he might not even be as good as the Donglin Party.

At this time, he could only stand up and express his agreement with Yue Su.

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Soon, Wang Qia, the Minister of Civil Affairs, came to the cabinet, and also brought the files of officials from the third rank and below in Beizhili and the list of candidates for Jinshi.

There was no nonsense, everyone divided the files and started to look through them, looking for the "suitable" candidate.

There is no one who is suitable, but Yue Su has the best idea, and the person he wants to choose is his disciple.

Wen Zhenmeng, a native of Wuxian County, Suzhou, was a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi, and edited by Hanlin; Huang Daozhou, a native of Zhangpu, Zhangzhou, was a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi, and was edited by Hanlin; Jiang Dejing, a native of Quanzhou, was a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi, and was edited by Hanlin;

Zhang Sizhi, a native of Feixian County, Yizhou, Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi, and a reviewer of the Imperial Academy; Chen Yan, a researcher in Jiading Jing, a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi, editor of the Hanlin; Lu Xiangsheng, a Jinshi of Yixing, Changzhou. Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi, director of the Household Department; Fang Yuegong

, a native of Gucheng, Xiangyang, Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi, director of the household department; Fu Guan, Jinxian of Nanchang, Jinshi of the second year of Tianqi, editor of Hanlin; Ni Yuanlu, native of Shangyu, Shaoxing, Jinshi of second year of Tianqi, editor of Hanlin; Xu Shiqi, Jiaxing, Zhejiang

He was a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi's reign and was in charge of maintenance at the Ministry of Industry; Qi Biaojia, a native of Shanyin, Shaoxing, was a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi's reign and was a candidate official; Zhang Guowei, a native of Dongyang, Jinhua, was a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi's reign and was a candidate official; Sun Yuanhua was a native of Jiading, Suzhou.

Juren origin, Secretary of the Ministry of War...

All these names were recorded by Yue Su. Except for Sun Yuanhua, they were all Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi and disciples of Master Yue. The reason why Sun Yuanhua was selected was because there was a record in the file that he specialized in artillery.

Yue Su didn't know much about history. He didn't know that without his appearance, these people above would also have become the pillars of the Ming Empire ten years later, and more than half of them had served as cabinet ministers. Of course, there were also mixed results.

Qi, some are mediocre, some are capable ministers, and some are traitors. But now, Mr. Yue doesn't know.

"Just transfer these people to Shandong." Yue Su said after recording.

Others were still pretending, but when Master Yue spoke, Gu Bingqian was the first to say: "I wonder which officials Master Yue has selected."

Yue Su was not subtle and directly read out the resumes of these officials one by one. After listening to his reading, whether it was *** Gu Bingqian or Fang Congzhe and his group, they immediately understood Yue Su's intention. This is your Lord Yue

Deliberately cultivate strength and promote your own disciples.

Although it is not a good job to go to Shandong to take up a post now, it is still divided among people. The new Liaodong manager is Xiong Tingbi. The person recommended by Yue Su goes there. Not only is there no danger, but he will also follow a veteran like Xiong Jinglue who has been on the battlefield to eliminate people.

Sooner or later, rebels will be rebelled. After the victory, they will be rewarded by the emperor. Who doesn't get some credit for their achievements? If they are promoted through this, they will have a bright future in the future.

Chapter 72 Cabinet Selection
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