The first morning court in the second year of Shenwu was held, but the location was changed to Fengtian Gate due to the burning of Fengtian Hall. The porch of Fengtian Gate is more than 50 meters away from Fengtian Hall Square. The high-rise Zhu Hongsan couldn't hear clearly what Ma Mingyuan and Tong Yangjia were arguing below. Originally, this kind of dynasty would be passed by a small eunuch to maintain the mystery of the emperor, but Zhu Hongsan was impatient and could wait for the little eunuch to pass the message.

Zhu Hongsan scratched his head and said, "Let's do this, wait for the Wu Dynasty to talk about this matter. The relevant people will go to Wenhua Palace after they leave the court!"

After the little eunuch passed on Zhu Hongsan's meaning, Ma Mingyuan and Tong Yangjia bowed and returned to the class.

In addition to this matter today, Zhu Hongsan originally wanted to determine the two empty positions in the cabinet, which was a big deal.

Zhu Hongsan said: "Dear friends, the cabinet is missing two positions now, so let's discuss taking out a personal choice!" Chen Zizhuang was unlucky and was missing one position, and the other was that Liu Dalin resigned and returned to Guangdong after the New Year on the grounds of his old age and weak health. However, these are all excuses. Everyone knows that Liu Dalin saw Chen Zizhuang's fate and knew that Ma Mingyuan would clean up the Guangdong faction next, so he left this place of right and wrong one step ahead of time.

As the chief minister, Ma Mingyuan certainly had the right to speak. After hearing what the emperor said, he stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I recommend Wang Yunchang, the Minister of Finance, and Zhu Dadian, a Hanlin scholar, to enter the cabinet!"

Wang Yunchang is Ma Mingyuan's person, and it is reasonable for Ma Mingyuan to recommend him, but Zhu Dadian did not expect that Ma Mingyuan could recommend him, and this favor is too great. You should know that as the chief minister, Ma Mingyuan has a strong voice in the issue of candidates.

Zhu Dadian was born in the ninth year of Wanli, and by this year it was already 67. In the Ming Dynasty, officials stipulated that they would retire at the 70s, and people like Zhu Dadian should go home to retire. However, there are really no one in the Zhejiang Party. There are many young cadres of the Zhejiang Party, and there are not many who can compete with these big men in the court, so Zhu Dadian had no choice but to become an official under the persuasion of his friends.

Zhu Dadian heard Ma Mingyuan recommending him to enter the cabinet today, which was really a surprise. He didn't expect that he would be able to live the chance of becoming a master of the cabinet again at 67. Although Zhu Dadian understood everything, the temptation of entering the cabinet was too great. After hearing Ma Mingyuan said that, he quickly pricked up his ears and listened to the emperor's arrangements.

Tong Yangjia listened to Ma Mingyuan's recommendation of Zhu Dadian, and scolded Ma Mingyuan for being sloppy. This was entirely because the Zhejiang Party was powerful and for the purpose of winning people's hearts. However, Tong Yangjia did not want to oppose Ma Mingyuan. Buying the Zhejiang Party was a set policy set by the emperor, and Tong Yangjia did not want to fight against the emperor, so Tong Yangjia did not oppose Zhu Dadian's entry into the cabinet, but it was hard to say that the other candidate was another candidate.

Tong Yangjia went out of the class and said, "Your Majesty, I think Wang Yunchang can't enter the cabinet yet. I recommend Gong Dacheng, the Minister of Logistics Department!"

When Ma Mingyuan saw Tong Yangjia shamelessly recommending his father-in-law, he sarcastically said: "Mr. Tong, just after he recommended his nephew and father-in-law, will your son also want to get an official position?" Tong Yangjia's son is the half-brother of the two concubines Dong in the harem. He just turned ten years old this year, but he also got the title of Jinyiwei's hundred households.

Tong Yangjia laughed and said, "The dog is still young now, so he will naturally serve His Majesty when he becomes an adult!"

"Hmph, Tong Yangjia, you said that Lord Wang is not worthy of joining the cabinet. Is Gong Dacheng worthy of being a juren?" Ma Mingyuan didn't want to talk about anything else with Tong Yangjia, so he said directly. You, Gong Dacheng, are you just a juren, and you still want to join the cabinet?

"Master Ma, heroes don't care about their origins. Lord Gong has followed His Majesty from Puqi County. He has worked hard and made great contributions over the past ten years. How dare I ask when Lord Wang followed His Majesty?" Tong Yangjia said this sentence to show his qualifications. When Zhu Hongsan had just escaped from Wuchang, he arrested the county magistrate Gong Dacheng and his family in Puqi to save Qian Lide. Gong Dacheng became the fifth literati official to follow Zhu Hongsan. This qualification is amazing. Look at the four people in front, two cabinet elders and two governors. Only Gong Dacheng is still a Shangshu now.

"Mr. Tong, what's the use of being a waste if you have a high qualification? Master Wang followed my official to implement the new banking policy in Guangdong, and also set up tax departments in various places. Isn't this contribution enough to join the cabinet?"

Zhu Hongsan sat on the top and listened to the two men below talking, but the momentum was lost after the little eunuch passed the message.

"Okay, don't argue, sirs, anyway, today is a grand court meeting, so let's go!"

The Ming Dynasty stipulated that whenever the court encounters major political affairs, or when there is a vacant civil and military minister, the emperor will order the court ministers to meet with each other to discuss and measure it appropriately. Then, they will report to the emperor and obtain an order to seize it. Those who study the gains, losses, pros and cons of political affairs are called court discussions; those who propose personnel promotion and appointment are called court promotions. This is probably the oldest democratic election policy! The people involved in court promotions include six ministers, chief censors, six ministers, general officials, Dali ministers, and chief censors.

After the emperor ordered, a young eunuch prepared a porcelain bottle and sent a yellow note to the qualified minister, with the name on it, and then put it into the porcelain bottle.

There were 36 people qualified to recommend the court at the scene, but the Ma Party and the Zhejiang Party accounted for the majority, and there were only six places on Tong Yangjia's side. Gong Dacheng looked at the slim hope this time.

This is the case. After the result came out, Zhu Dadian and Wang Yunchang were selected. After Zhu Dadian heard the result, his heart was pounding. Unexpectedly, he could still enjoy the addiction to entering the cabinet when he was old. Wang Yunchang was similar. He had known for a long time that he would probably enter the cabinet today, but he was still very excited when he heard this news. From now on, he finally put on his python robe and had a seat in front of the emperor.

It took a lot of time to push the court. Zhu Hongsan looked at it and it was already past nine o'clock in the morning. It was still the first month of the year, and although it was located in Nanjing, it was still very cold. Zhu Hongsan waved to Li Chengen, and Li Chengen stood up and said, "Retreat!" The emperor's order came down, and the officials in the square retreated like a tide. Of course, they did not go home during holidays, but they had to continue working to handle government affairs.

Zhu Hongsan took the prince Zhu Hai back to Wenhua Hall and first roasted the fire to warm up the body. After a while, Li Chengen entered the room and said, "Young Master, my master, all the parents are here!"

Zhu Hongsan nodded and wanted to discuss the candidates for going north to negotiate. In fact, Zhu Hongsan and Ma Mingyuan had already communicated and had already decided on the candidates. But he knew that Tong Yangjia had other candidates. Zhu Hongsan also wanted to hear what Tong Yangjia thought. After all, he was the one with the most fierce opposition in the first half of the month.

Zhu Hongsan brought the prince to the front hall, and several prime ministers in the cabinet quickly stood up to salute. Zhu Hongsan looked at Zhu Dadian and Wang Yunchang, who had newly entered the cabinet, and said, "Zhu Aiqing and Wang Aiqing should cooperate with the work of the chief minister!" After hearing the emperor's words, the two stood up and expressed their determination, saying that they would live up to the emperor's kindness and devote themselves to the cause of the Ming Dynasty until they died.

Zhu Hongsan knew that these stinky old ninths were saying it well, but he was not relieved. He continued: "Zhu Aiqing had been a governor and also a governor of the grain transportation. Just take charge of the Ministry of Works, Fu Aiqing, is in charge of the Ministry of Personnel. Wang Aiqing was born in the Ministry of Finance, and I will leave this errand for the Ministry of Revenue to you!"

Fu Wenlong was overjoyed when he heard that he was in charge of the Ministry of Personnel. This was not that the Ministry of Works was not important. Now the country is in a mess and needs to build a large number of construction everywhere. The Ministry of Works is also a department with oil and water, but when it is important, it can be compared with the Ministry of Personnel that is in charge of the appointment and removal of cadres. Zhu Dadian doesn't matter. He also knew that he was just a little in the first place and would burn incense if he could enter the cabinet. As for anything he could do.

Seeing the meeting of several cabinet masters, Zhu Hongsan continued: "Today I'm going to discuss the candidates for peace talks. Tong Aiqing, why have you changed your mind again?"

When the emperor asked him, Tong Yangjia quickly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I have never advocated peace talks, but I am your Majesty's minister. Your Majesty has decided on the general direction and will execute it!" Zhu Hongsan was very happy when Tong Yangjia flattered him. Zhu Hongsan liked such cadres. He could raise his opinions and discuss it, but after the general direction was decided, he would implement it unconditionally.

Tong Yangjia has followed Zhu Hong for more than 30 years and naturally knows the emperor's temper. Seeing that the emperor is happy, Tong Yangjia continued: "I recommend Tong Tuchang, but I have no selfish intentions. Tong Tuchang is smart and cunning. The Fujian incident was successful only with his mediation. This Beijing peace talks were not inferior to Fujian, so I recommend Tong Tuchang, who has experienced, to be the official peace talks!"

Tong Yangjia said this, Zhu Hongsan was in his heart. Now he was at the end of his strength, so the peace talks with the Qing Dynasty must be successful. It is precisely because of the importance of the choice of candidates that have become the top priority. Without ability, without courage, and without means. The Jiang Wenyun proposed by Ma Mingyuan was just a magistrate, and had courage, but his methods were much worse than Tong Tuchang.

Tong Tuchang and Tong Yangjia's uncle and nephew have been wandering around the world for more than ten years and have developed the ability to talk to people when they see people, which is really suitable for Tong Tuchang.

But what made Zhu Hongsan uneasy was Tong Yangjia. Zhu Hongsan knew that Tong Yangjia was very sloppy. He was not afraid that Tong Tuchang would take the opportunity to surrender to the enemy, but that Tong Yangjia would have some means to ruin the peace talks. If the peace talks were not successful, Zhu Hongsan would have to face the attack of millions of Qing troops independently, which Zhu Hongsan was unwilling to face.

In fact, Zhu Hongsan's overall strength is similar to that of the Qing Dynasty. Zhu Hongsan occupied the richest Jiangnan. The Qing Dynasty relied on its population and territory, so it was not afraid of Zhu Hongsan alone. But don't forget that Zhu Hongsan also had a king of Gui Zhu Youlang next to Zhu Hongsan. What Zhu Hongsan was afraid of was that Zhu Youlang took advantage of his own struggle with the Qing Dynasty. If the Qing Dynasty and Zhu Youlang joined forces to deal with him, it would be a big deal.

After thinking for a long time, Zhu Hongsan couldn't make up his mind. It would be better to meet both of them and see what they said.
Chapter completed!