Chapter six hundred and seventy seventh wrong choice
By the next day, a crowd gradually gathered in the east room outside the Meridian Gate. Today is the day when the court promotes the minister of official affairs, so it is inevitable that the officials will not pay attention to it.
As usual, the participants are ministers of the third rank or above of the ministry, the chief ministers of the Imperial Academy, and bachelors of the Hanlin Academy. There are thirty or forty people in total. In order to avoid suspicion, the cabinet bachelors will not participate in this kind of recommendation.
Of course, compared to the court discussions that often involved hundreds of people wrangling, this scale was still relatively small, and it was already considered a centralized democratic system in the Ming Dynasty.
In fact, the scope of candidates for the Ministry of Personnel is also very small. Basically, you can only choose from the censors of the two capital ministries and the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. Don't even think about anyone beyond this range.
As a Ci official in Hanlin, the ultimate goal is of course to join the cabinet and become a bachelor. But if someone leaves the circle of Ci officials, or has never entered the circle of Ci officials from the beginning, his ultimate goal can only be to become a minister of the Ministry of official affairs.
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In a sense, the Minister of Personnel is actually a thought left to officials other than Ci officials, although this idea is very illusory and often occupied by Ci officials.
Most of the people in the room were whispering or temporarily communicating with each other, while looking around the room and silently counting the heads. At this time, almost everyone should have come, and it didn't matter how many were missing. Anyone who didn't come would automatically give up their rights.
At this time, the sound of hurried footsteps came from outside the house again, and then I saw a young man standing at the door, opening the curtain, and peering inside. If it weren't for this boy's outstanding appearance, I'm afraid he would have been arrested on the spot.
I've been criticized for being sneaky and sneaky, but sometimes the world really only cares about faces.
In just a short moment, all the gentlemen in the room recognized who the young man outside the door was, or it was difficult to recognize him. Who else could he be if he wasn't the famous Fang Yingwu? Then doubts arose in their hearts. Fang Yingwu
What are you doing here?
Fang Yingwu participated in the court trial for the first time in his life. After confirming that this was the place, Shi Shiran walked in, bowed to the princes who had arrived first, and apologized: "I'm late, I hope you will forgive me."
That’s it!”
The princes stared directly at Fang Yingwu, but did not speak. They knew that there would definitely be others who wanted to question him, so they had no time to step forward. Besides, they were not the host, so there was no need to force themselves to do so.
Sure enough, immediately some people from the Ministry of War came out of the crowd to see what was going on. Zhang Shanji shouted to Fang Yingwu: "Today, you are all here to commemorate the Prime Minister. Mr. Fang, how can you participate in this matter? You must have entered this place by mistake? Why don't you?"
Don’t get out quickly!”
Although Zhang Shanji's words were rude and had a slightly contemptuous tone, they did point out the doubts in everyone's minds. Fang Yingwu really shouldn't have come in. Although he was a member of the household department, he could only be a member of the palm department.
Come here when you are in trouble, it is not the turn of ordinary people to give things to China to enter this room.
Fang Yingwu smiled broadly, clasping his fists humbly and saying: "Senior Zhang is laughing at me. I'm at home today, and all of a sudden my undergraduate department sent someone to send word to Mr. Liu about the incident. He said he was seriously ill and couldn't get up, so he asked me to come to the East Chao Room on his behalf."
Participate in today’s promotion.”
It was a coincidence that this disease happened. Everyone had their own thoughts and pretended to be confused. However, Zhang Shanji, who took the initiative to attack, refused to give up and still asked: "Ting Tui Mound is a major event in the temple, how can there be any reason to give and receive privately?"
Fang Yingwu still smiled and replied: "Master Zhang is serious. I'm just here to take a look and act as eyes and ears for Senior Liu. When I get down, I will relay it to Senior Liu. If Senior Liu has any suggestions, I will write a solo."
Besides, this is a matter for my household department, so Mr. Zhang should be more relaxed!"
Just take a look... Believe it or not, everyone in the room is a seasoned person. No one takes the words "just take a look" seriously, just like "I just said a few words."
Zhang Shanji wanted to say something else. But someone coughed heavily, and Zhang Shanji realized something, so he resisted and returned to the crowd.
It was almost time for the Tingtui to begin, and the room became silent with a tacit understanding. After a while of silence, no one spoke. At this time, everyone suddenly realized a question, who will be the host?
Under normal circumstances, the promotion of court officials is presided over by the Minister of Civil Affairs, or the Minister of Civil Affairs. But now there is no Minister of Civil Affairs, and the Minister of Civil Affairs is not a suitable candidate. Suddenly, the presiding officer is absent.
However, the experienced masters and old gods are here, so they don’t have anything to worry about. This kind of trivial matter will always be solved. Either the emperor appoints someone else to take charge of it, or he has no idea about the position of Minister of Civil Affairs but is senior and senior.
Minister Su took the initiative to preside over the ceremony.
Not long after, there was a sound outside the door, and someone came in: "I'm late, I didn't come here to greet you all earlier!"
In fact, these words were very insincere. They said they were late, but they didn't even say "forgive me" or other words of apology. They simply didn't take the whole room seriously.
But experienced people know that if there is an abnormality, it must be a monster, and there must be a reason. Therefore, everyone does not feel strange and continues to have the old god.
Only Fang Yingwu opened his eyes suddenly after hearing the sound, turned his head and stared at the door of the house. Looking in the eyes of others, he sighed that Fang Yingwu was still young and impetuous after all, and could not cultivate his character at this time.
He couldn't hold his breath.
The door curtain flashed, and people separated it from left to right, and then someone stepped into the room. He was as young and handsome as Fang Yingwu, but he was wearing a gold-threaded red python robe...
With Fang Yingwu's calmness, he couldn't help but shout: "Woof... woof eunuch!"
A certain factory supervisor kept a low profile and was known for his secretive behavior. He rarely appeared in public in front of foreign officials. Therefore, there were people in the room who did not know Wang Zhi. However, when he heard Fang Yingwu’s voice and compared his appearance with the rumors, who was it?
Still don’t know who is coming?
However, even though Wang Zhi is powerful, he is only the admiral of Dongchang. He does have the right to go to yamen such as the Sanfa Division to observe surveillance, but there are no rules for coming here to observe?
Wang Zhi glanced back and forth a few times, but the other party turned a blind eye, just like a passerby, and said: "Don't have any doubts, gentlemen, the emperor has issued an edict, and ordered me to preside over the court and report the results directly."
Everyone couldn't help but make a small uproar after hearing this, and suddenly there was a buzzing discussion in the room. If there is no suitable candidate among the ministers, and another eunuch is sent to preside over it, it is understandable and not worth the uproar, but the meaning behind this
But he couldn't help but impress everyone.
According to convention, meetings with courtiers and direct participation in politics are usually carried out by the eunuch, the eunuch. Among the twenty-four yamen, only the eunuch, the eunuch, is specialized in doing this.
For example, familiar political affairs such as announcing decrees at court, gathering internal and external meetings, handling confidential matters, etc. are all handled by eunuchs who are responsible for rituals. Ministers are also accustomed to dealing with eunuchs who are responsible for rituals, and they also consciously distinguish eunuchs who are responsible for rituals from others.
Eunuchs are distinguished.
And Wang Zhi is just the imperial envoy to the East Factory, and has no other internal supervision official positions. What does it mean that he can appear on this occasion today with orders?
Anyone with a little bit of political sensitivity can guess that this is the rhythm of getting ready to become the eunuch of the ceremonial department! Maybe the reason for showing up today is to say hello to the courtiers in advance.
Fang Yingwu regretted it. Yesterday, he was short-sighted and blinded. He made a wrong choice at the wrong time and in the wrong place... Faced with two invitations, he should abandon Liu Mianhua and choose Wang Zhi! (Unfinished)
