The current situation is like this. After Xia Yan and Gu Dingchen both entered the cabinet, the actual posts of the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and the actual posts of the Minister of the Ministry of Rites were vacant. This was a good promotion opportunity for many high-level officials.
Even if you can't compete for the Minister of Personnel and the Minister of Rites, if someone is promoted to those two ministers, other positions will definitely be vacated. This is a chain reaction in the officialdom.
There are many qualified candidates for the position of Minister of Rites, and according to the default unspoken rule, one must have a background as a Ci minister.
For example, Yan Song, the Minister of Rites in Nanjing, was the same person, or Zuo Shilang, the senior minister of the Rites Ministry, and Zhan Ruoshui, the great scholar of Confucian classics at that time, was the same person.
Among the current Ci officials, Wen Renhe, the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and Zhang Bi, the Zhanshi of the Zhanshi Mansion, are all qualified to directly become the Minister of Rites.
There are also other people who were born as ministers and have been promoted to ministers, and they are also qualified.
But people like Master Wang Yiqi and officials who are not Ci ministers are not qualified to be the Minister of Rites. This is a hard standard.
As for the Minister of Personnel, compared to the Minister of Rites, who is particularly particular about family background, there seem to be more candidates in name. It seems that anyone with a second or third grade can be considered, but in practice, the scope of candidates is narrower.
After all, the Minister of Personnel is the head of the outer dynasty and the first civil official outside the cabinet. His status is extremely special.
There is also a set of tacit rules regarding the recommendation of the Minister of Civil Affairs. The seniority and prestige must be high, otherwise you will not be able to control the situation.
Generally, promotions are made from other second-rank officials. Unless there is special favor from the emperor, it is basically impossible for a third-rank official to be directly promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
There is also an unspoken rule that is tacitly accepted but often broken by powerful forces. It is best for candidates to keep a distance from the cabinet and not have a good relationship with the cabinet.
Therefore, the candidates who can be promoted to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel are actually the only ones in the circle of ministers of various ministries and censors.
There is no need to think about the lowest-status Minister of the Ministry of Industry. Wang Tingxiang, the Minister of Punishments, just added the Minister of War (virtual) and the Governor of Beijing Camp last year. The Minister of War, Zhang Zan, was promoted from the Governor of Xuanda just last year. The Minister of Rites is still vacant.
After this calculation, there are only two real candidates for the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Xu Zan, the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu, and Huo Tao, the censor of Zuodu.
After Dunlun finished, Qin Dewei, who had become more clear-headed, analyzed this situation and understood why Huo Tao was so concerned.
This is a really good opportunity for Huo Tao, and the probability of choosing one of the two is too high.
Xu Zan's advantage lies in his seniority. He was a Jinshi in the ninth year of Hongzhi and has been an official for forty years. His father also served as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
In fact, Xu Shangshu's family became more famous in later generations, and the place name Huayuankou came from his family's Xu Family Garden.
Huo Tao's advantage is that he is favored by the emperor, and he is the only banner of the Yili faction today. Moreover, Huo Tao has a deep conflict with the cabinet boss Xia Yan, which is also a big plus.
In the early morning, Xu Miaoxuan woke up from her sleep and reached out to touch the side, but found nothing.
She sat up and shouted a few times, then a maid came in and reported, "Master Qin got up early and went to court."
Xu Miaoxuan was confused. The sun came out from the west today? Her husband suddenly went to court so actively.
Nowadays, the so-called court meetings with thousands of people, and the so-called royal gate listening to the government, are actually pure etiquette. Moreover, they are not held every day, and the monarchs and ministers cannot stand it.
According to the practice in recent years, after every major court meeting, there is a small court meeting in the Wenhua Hall, which can be regarded as a real occasion to discuss something.
In the Wenhua Hall, after the ministers of the cabinet, Kedao, Hanlin, and princes and consorts finished their dances and worshipped, they stood up again. This was the scene of "entering the court when there is something to do but leaving the court without anything".
Just at the beginning of the performance, a person suddenly appeared from the Imperial Academy. He was about eighteen years old, Yushu Lingfeng. Who else could he be if he wasn't the champion of Qin Dynasty?
Immediately, the courtiers who were drowsy because they got up too early were awakened. Wasn't this guy half-asking for leave and half-absent from work, and had he disappeared from the court for several months?
Emperor Jiajing was so preoccupied with so many things that he almost forgot who this person was, and did not match the name Qin Dewei with the "stranger" in front of him.
After a few rounds of thinking, I realized that this was Qin Dewei, last year's top pick, the one with a particularly high level of poetry writing.
Just listen to Qin Dewei say: "I have praised Qin Dewei, who is also a good editor. I have recently heard about your majesty's mistakes. I would like to ask your majesty to correct it!"
Everyone looked at Qin Dewei as if they were looking at a dead person.
The courtiers all knew that Emperor Jiajing was most annoyed by others finding faults in public and trying to persuade him to correct them. They felt that doing so would make him lose face.
I thought that Qin Dewei had "retired" for a few months and understood the pros and cons, but he didn't expect that he became more arrogant and dared to "offend the dragon's face and criticize the dragon's scales".
Could it be that Qin Dewei wants to play a big game and cheat the royal staff? With Qin Dewei's character, this possibility cannot be ruled out.
Sure enough, Emperor Jiajing's face turned gloomy, and his eyes locked on Qin Dewei like lightning.
Qin Dewei was completely unaware and continued: "Since ancient times, the important affairs of a ruler have been divided into two categories: human affairs and political affairs!
According to our Ming Dynasty system, His Majesty delegates political affairs to the cabinet, and personnel delegates to the Minister of Civil Service!
Therefore, the cabinet's academicians and heavenly officials are top priorities, and it should be His Majesty's decision to rule the world!
But recently I heard that His Majesty issued an order to the foreign court to recommend candidates for the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and I think this is inappropriate!"
When everyone heard this, they felt vaguely that Qin Dewei's so-called "admonishment" might not be the same thing as the "admonishment" they imagined.
Qin Dewei continued: "The Heavenly Official is in charge of the government, which is extremely critical. The candidate for Heavenly Official should be appointed by His Majesty, and there is no need to pretend to be someone else.
The most important thing in employing people is fairness! If the court officials are allowed to nominate candidates for Heavenly Officials without authorization, how can each of them not have selfish motives? If each has his own agenda, how can we ensure that Heavenly Officials are fair?"
Finally, Qin Dewei made a powerful statement: "I believe that the power of employing people cannot be transferred to other people's hands!
Wansifu, please think twice, take back the edict, and don't let the court officials push the heavenly official! Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and you can make your own decisions. It's not too late to make up for it!"
Everyone: ""
This remonstrance was so fresh and refined that it actually prevented the emperor from delegating power. The way to ask the emperor to correct his "mistakes" was to take back power.
Is this an attempt to flatter a horse, or is it an attempt to admonish?
Emperor Jiajing secretly lamented that although Qin Dewei was very smart and wrote good poems, he was still young and politically naive and could not understand his intentions.
Such kind-hearted young people should be encouraged and not discouraged too much.
So Emperor Jiajing replied with three words: "I know!"
Qin Dewei didn't argue anymore, Shi Shiran got up and returned to his class.
This made everyone puzzled. The man named Qin suddenly appeared in the court, and suddenly spoke out about the issue of the officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. What did he want to do?
Then Qin Dewei is definitely not a novice official. Facts have proved many times that those officials who regard Qin Dewei as a novice either go to work in the frontier or return to their hometown to farm.
Therefore, every move made by Qin Dewei must have deep meaning and political purpose!
Everyone in the court was a smart person and they immediately guessed Qin Dewei’s intention: he wanted to cause trouble!
Moreover, the target of the trouble must be the appointment of officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Otherwise, why would Qin Dewei speak to His Majesty on this issue for no reason?