In fact, the ministers guessed well that Li Qian really planned to put aside the Cai Party's affairs first.
After all, Cai Jing is bedridden now, and the Cai Party is leaderless. As long as Gao Xun and Deng Xunwu are monitored well, and their channels of communication with Jizhou are monitored, Li Qian doesn't have to worry about these Cai Party members doing anything bad.
He felt that his current focus should be on Jizhou. The most important thing was to withstand the first wave of Jin people's offensive, which was also the most ferocious.
But communication between Beijing and Jizhou is also a problem. The two places are thousands of miles apart. Even an urgent military report of 800 miles away will take several days. Communication is very problematic.
Li Qian sent an edict here, but it would take a long time for him to receive it there. After he complied with it, it would take several days to send the result back to the capital.
After going back and forth like this, no important information could be conveyed at all, only the overall situation could be conveyed back.
This made Li Qianjue stop thinking about becoming a micro-manipulation master. He originally wanted to experience the operation of "moving the cavalry position five meters to the left"...
Under this situation, Jizhou's affairs can only be put aside for the time being. Taking advantage of this opportunity to straighten out the affairs in the DPRK is also a way.
Since the day Cai Jing submitted his resignation, the atmosphere has become more and more lively day by day, and this atmosphere has almost reached a climax in the past two days.
Most of the adults were staring at the positions of Cai Party officials, but more people were looking at the top.
As the current Minister of Public Affairs and Minister of Punishment, Cai Jing's departure immediately left two important positions vacant.
There are not many people who are qualified to occupy this position, but there are indeed a lot of people who covet it.
Even if you are not qualified to see such an important position, it is definitely a good thing to let your boss take the position. The higher the people above you stand, the faster the people below you can climb.
On some days, there was a lot of turmoil surrounding this minister. Officials from Hedang, Yandang and Zhongshu Province were eager to try. Several popular candidates in the court were crowded with people, and there was an endless stream of people coming and going.
When the minister Pushe is vacated, the first successors will be the current six ministers.
But there are also considerations about who can succeed him.
Although Yu Wenkai, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, has high moral character and high prestige, after all, he is old and has reached the edge of retirement. Even if he takes over, he will not be able to serve for a few years. And such an important official position as Minister Pushe cannot be changed casually, so for the sake of the stability of the court, it must be It can't be this old man.
Then there were only two strong contenders left, Wang Mang, the Minister of Rites, and Li Jing, the Minister of the Ministry of War.
But unfortunately, Li Jing fell ill a while ago.
Although I heard that his condition has improved recently, this kind of serious illness is easy to get rid of, and I'm afraid he still won't be able to get out of bed without a few months of rest.
And the court obviously couldn't wait for him for a few more months, so Wang Mang turned out to be the biggest beneficiary!
Of course, he is not the only minister who is likely to succeed Shangshu Pushe. Otherwise, why would we bother for so many days?
In addition to the six ministers, the ministers of each ministry also have the opportunity to directly bypass the minister, but there are prerequisites for this.
Among the six departments, there must be a minister who is not in charge of the minister before he can skip the post of minister and directly take up the post of minister.
For example, Wang Mang is the official minister of the Ministry of Rites. As long as he is there, it is impossible for Sima Guang and Cai Bian to pass over him and directly become the servants of the minister.
For example, Heshen's Minister of Personnel and Yan Song's Minister of Hubu are all part-time ministers. The ministers under them are qualified to compete for this minister...but the priority is far inferior to that of the minister.
In addition to the six departments, there are also Zhongshu Province and the four ministers of Menxia Province can also participate in the competition. The priority of the ministers of the inner dynasty is higher than that of the ministers of the outer dynasty, but it is also lower than that of the minister.
There are also several specific positions such as Minister of Dali Temple, Minister of Taichang Temple, General Secretary, Jing Zhaoyin, etc. You can also try, but the success rate is... almost non-existent.
Therefore, although Wang Mang is popular nowadays, he is not without competitors. He should also have a sense of crisis.
But what surprised all the ministers was that Uncle Da Zong neither communicated with the officials below to build closer relationships, nor walked around with people above him to ask for support. Instead, he stayed behind closed doors and actively reduced his interactions with outsiders.
It seems like he has no interest in this position at all.
But who would believe it?
Wang Mang was not a pure-hearted person, otherwise he would not have become the current Minister of Rites.
But such a person has become unusually indifferent in the process of competing for official positions, which makes the adults very puzzled.
In the eyes of some people, Wang Mang must have gotten some inside information to do this.
He is relatively close to His Majesty the Emperor on weekdays, so it seems not difficult to guess who he got the news from...
This speculation made the ministers suddenly nervous.
Everyone actually knows that no matter how fiercely they compete, the final candidate must still be approved by His Majesty the Emperor.
This is the special characteristic of a minister of the prime minister or a first-class court official.
Without the emperor's permission, no one can make them resign. Similarly, without the emperor's permission, it is impossible for anyone to take up such an important position... Even if it is just a name recognition, it must be there, otherwise it is not
Justified.
Such a policy seems to be very beneficial to His Majesty the Emperor, allowing him to choose whomever he wants, but the civil servants are not without countermeasures.
As long as they unite and nominate one candidate over and over again and exclude all others, they will not be afraid of the emperor's disobedience.
But after all, the current situation is special, the civil servants are not so united, and the reigning emperor also has many fantastic ideas. Everyone is still a little embarrassed when they think of going against him.
Besides, some things can be resolved amicably through negotiation, so there is no need to get too heated...
Finally, Yan Song and He Shen decided to make a trip to find out what His Majesty the Emperor was thinking and see if he had anyone he liked.
It was extremely hot in Ziwei Hall today. When Yan Song and He Shen came here, they saw His Majesty the Emperor wearing cool summer clothes, and on both sides there were palace maids holding round fans, constantly blowing the cool breeze.
"Are the two Qings coming?"
Li Qian raised his eyelids and was not surprised to see them. He simply pointed to the table in front of him: "I won't get up to entertain you. Just sit down wherever you want."
On the table are things like mung bean soup and sour plum soup, which are refreshing and refreshing. The fine transparent ice cubes are floating in the amber and yellow-brown soup base. Just looking at them makes the heat in people's hearts dissipate a little.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
After the two saluted, they sat down at the table one behind the other.
Li Qian looked at the two of them sitting at attention, and said thoughtfully: "Are the two Qing family members here to choose the minister Pu She?"