Chapter 624 A few more come up (please vote for me)
Lin Tailai's thunderstorm was so loud that the emperor didn't know what to say for a moment, and subconsciously looked at the eunuchs and eunuchs.
The eunuchs were also speechless. They originally thought that they would just have fun with the emperor today and that would be it.
Unexpectedly, the prisoner presentation ceremony had just ended, and before the emperor had even left the Meridian Gate, there was sudden turmoil.
Although this was a great time for civil servants to fight among themselves, they always had to help the emperor with his advice.
They also understood the emperor's mentality very well, which was nothing more than two words, "the result is better" and "cannot take responsibility".
So Zhang Cheng, the eunuch and eunuch in charge of rituals, asked Lin Tailai: "Are there any of the Jiuqing figures in the list you mentioned?"
Lin Tailai said: "There are three shortcomings among the nine ministers, and the rest have not been nominated, so of course they are not on the list."
Then Zhang Cheng said to Emperor Wanli: "We might as well summon the nine ministers and let the ministers discuss it together in front of the emperor!"
Major personnel issues in the imperial court, other than those of ministers, academicians, and ministers of the Ministry of Personnel, must be approved by the external court in order to be authentic.
If it is directly appointed by the emperor or recommended by the cabinet, it is called internal surrender and central decree, which is an illegal procedure that the ministers are firmly opposed to.
Therefore, the suggestion of Zhang Cheng, the eunuch of the palm seal, means that the problems caused by Lin Tailai are ultimately personnel issues, and the foreign ministers can be called in to shoulder the thunder together.
Lest the emperor and the cabinet's academicians have reached an agreement here, the civil servants of other dynasties will complain that it was not recommended by the court, and the procedure is not right.
This idea is good, and Emperor Wanli said: "It is very suitable for me!"
Wang Jiaping, the third assistant, said: "Can you summon the officials from the ministry and hall together?"
In addition to ministers, the officials of each ministry also have ministers, which means that the cabinet meeting becomes an enlarged meeting of the cabinet.
As we all know, Lin Tailai's power is both at the top and at the middle and lower levels. Lin Tailai alone holds three or four middle-level official positions.
But the middle and high levels of the third and fourth grades are the weakest link in Lin Tailai's power.
Upon hearing Wang Jiaping's proposal to expand the meeting, Lin Tailai said in a neutral tone:
"Several ministers are on the list of suspected traitors. Mr. Sange wants them to come forward. What is his intention?"
Wang Jiaping gritted his teeth and said, "They are not necessarily traitors."
Lin Tailai immediately said to Emperor Wanli: "Wang San. Sange's hometown Ping is forming a clique, openly forming a clique in front of His Majesty."
Three, three, you code! Wang Jiaping was so angry that he couldn't speak.
Emperor Wanli still wanted to show respect to his former teacher, and decided to say: "Although Mr. Sansan's words are reasonable, the large number of people making noise is giving me a headache, so let Jiu Qing come up first."
At some point, everyone inside and outside was infected by Lin Tailai and started to like to address elders by numbers.
So the officials who were waiting outside the Meridian Gate suddenly received another order.
It is said that Wang Shizhen, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Yu Shenxing, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Yi'e, the minister of the Ministry of War, Sun Piyang, the minister of the Ministry of Punishments, Lu Guangzu, the censor of Zuo Du, and Xu Shen, the minister of Zuo Tongzheng, come upstairs!
Most people waited for a long time without eating anything, and just watched others go upstairs one by one.
Now that there is an emperor and nine ministers in the cabinet, a top-level meeting is going to be held temporarily? What big thing happened?
But the six foreign ministers who went to the Meridian Gate already knew what had happened.
Without any psychological preparation, he was also shocked and his mind was buzzing.
The content of Lin Tailai's accusation is actually that the courtiers collectively drank the blood of the meritorious officials and divided up the merits of the meritorious officials.
So in the past period, Lin Tailai's show of weakness was equivalent to luring a snake out of its hole?
He was just waiting for the day when he presented the prisoner gift, and when he had the opportunity to see the emperor directly, he directly resigned to try to get rid of the emperor in person?
At this time, Wang Tianguan couldn't help but look at Lin Tailai. Is this what you meant by "kneeling down in a few days"?
Is this how you kneel? Do you think resigning to the emperor is considered kneeling?
Among the new ministers, the one with the most intense emotional reaction was Zuodu Yushi Lu Guangzu.
Previously, Shen Shoufu fought the Qingliu forces and Lin Tailai together!
Now it's Lin Tailai who is fighting back against the Qingliu forces and Shen Shoufu's gang members!
It's their Qingliu forces that are instigating the relationship between you two. That's true, but can't you two just fight each other directly?
Why do you always bring their Qingliu forces with you when you fight among yourself?
Why are they the only Qingliu forces who keep getting beaten?
So Lu Guangzu said angrily: "How can we say that these people are traitors just because they were not nominated by Su Lin Tailai!
Is it possible that Lin Tailai has to decide whether he is a traitor or not?"
Lin Tailai didn't even try to cover it up, and directly complained: "You can't even understand the most basic semantics, how did you, Lu Guangzu, get into the imperial examination?
Who was the examiner of the subject in the 26th year of Jiajing’s reign? The people who were admitted were you and Zhang Juzheng, they are really eye-catching!"
Lin Tailai was scolding Lu Guangzu, but everyone glanced at Wang Tianguan.
In the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing's reign, this person was still in charge of the great achievements in Nake.
Wang Tianguan said that he is a low-key and transparent person and does not want to talk.
Zhang Cheng, the eunuch in charge of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, had to stand up and maintain order, "If you have something to say, just tell it apart, discuss the matter on its own terms, and don't directly criticize others!"
Lin Tailai then reported to Emperor Wanli: "What I doubt and accuse is that most of the nominees are hostile to me. Is this reasonable?
However, Lu Guangzu misinterpreted it as because these people were not nominated by the minister, so they were criticized by the minister.
Therefore, Lu Guangzu clearly had ulterior motives and deliberately changed his concept, committing the crime of deceiving the emperor!"
If he hadn't already resigned once last month and almost made the lie come true, Lu Guangzu would have resigned now!
Lu Guangzu was so angry that he trembled all over, and said directly to the emperor: "I dare to guarantee with the heads on my neck. Those nominated are definitely not traitors!"
Lin Tailai: "."
Mr. Lu, it’s boring for you to say this. Can’t you afford it?
Emperor Wanli suddenly became interested and asked Lin Tailai: "Lu Guangzu guarantees this, what do you say?"
The implication is, do you, Lin Tailai, dare to use your head to guarantee that those people are all traitors?
As an official who persuades people with reason, Lin Tailai would not be as reckless as Lu Guangzu, and said:
"Even if the minister is not a treacherous minister, he is still a clique! Otherwise, why would it be a coincidence that they are all people who are hostile to the minister?
This malice is not only directed at the minister, but also against the meritorious officials, and against His Majesty’s love and care for the meritorious officials!”
The word "forming a party" echoed in Emperor Wanli's mind several times. He accidentally glanced at the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, who was standing very close, and asked: "Selecting and employing people is the responsibility of the Ministry of Personnel. What do you think?"
Logically speaking, when discussing matters in front of the emperor, the ministers closest to the emperor are the cabinet minister and the official minister.
In the early years, the most recent position was the Minister of Civil Affairs, and later the most recent position was the Cabinet Scholar.
Therefore, at such meetings, the official minister is often the protagonist of the speech.
But Wang Tianguan has no such mentality at all. In this situation, he just wants to be a low-key gangster.
But I didn't expect that I would be asked by the emperor suddenly. I really didn't know how to express my position.
After all, he had been dominating the literary world in the south before, and he was not familiar with the current Emperor Wanli at all. This was their second meeting!
However, Wang Tianguan has been in the literary world for decades, and he still has the ability to adapt to changes. After being stunned, he said:
“I believe that the middle and senior levels of the imperial court need fresh people, so as to avoid rigidity. As the saying goes, flowing water never corrupts.
Otherwise, those old people will always be used in exchange, and it will be like a pool of stagnant water, without vitality and vitality."
Everyone was speechless. Wang Tianguan, are you using the rhetoric you used when presiding over the literary world? Or are you summing up the experience and lessons of the decline of the retro school?
"It's interesting." Emperor Wanli praised it.
Wang Tianguan, who was encouraged, finally became more relaxed, trying to figure out Lin Tailai's thoughts and said: "There are many vacancies in the court this time, and it is an opportunity for new people to be replaced.
As for the nomination list this time, all can be discarded and new ones will be recommended!"
Lu Guangzu couldn't help but scolded: "Is the nomination of your official department like child's play? This is also the responsibility of the official minister.
If all eight nominations are invalidated, then you, the Minister of Civil Affairs, have neglected your duty!"
Wang Tianguan, who had only been enjoying himself for a while, immediately exposed the shortcomings of a young literary and artistic court official with little experience. He made a proposal without clarifying his own responsibilities first.
He didn't know how to respond to Lu Guangzu, so he subconsciously looked at Lin Tailai.