From a man's point of view, Qin Dewei actually didn't want to leave Datong. First he was the Governor of Xuanda, and later he was the Acting Governor of Guanfang, which felt pretty good.
There is no longer a governor, and the governor's defense was brought back to the capital by Mao Bowen, so the governor's defense that Qin Dewei holds is the largest.
No matter how the name changes, he still has tens of thousands of officers and soldiers under his command. He can do things arbitrarily without looking at other people's faces, and he will be twice as happy in the house.
There are soldiers, power, beauties, and many careers to plan. For men, it is extremely exciting and fulfilling.
In addition, it is also very satisfying to give rewards to officers and soldiers who have made meritorious services, and to be grateful to thousands of people. If it were placed in the Tang Dynasty, you can consider applying to the court to volunteer to be a military envoy.
As the saying goes, if you are happy here, you don’t miss Beijing.
However, the imperial court was determined to let the "Jiajing Boys" squad return to the court to present prisoners, and even sent Zhan Rong, who had a relationship with Qin Dewei to sell his house, to take over as governor.
Qin Dewei, who was more particular about political credibility, really couldn't lose face and drove away Zhan Rong just like he drove away Mao Bowen.
So in the end, we had no choice but to hand over power.
Qin Dewei reluctantly touched the governor's guard and sighed to Zhan Rong: "In a place like the capital, if you want to do something, you have to fight wits and courage with the people in Xiyuan. It's very annoying. How can it be as refreshing as being in Datong?"
Zhan Rong didn't dare to think or ask, who did the "Xiyuan gang" you Qin Zhongtang talk about include?
It is true that Xia Shoufu and Yan Ge Lao entered the Wuyi Hall in Xiyuan, but the emperor was also cultivating immortality in Xiyuan!
Zhan Rong, who had no intention of causing trouble, reached out to grab the governor's guard and said to Qin Dewei:
"Zhongtang! You don't want the imperial court to issue twelve gold medals in a row and order you to return to the imperial court, right?"
"That's all!" Qin Dewei let go of his hand and gave way to the defense.
Zhan Rong instantly transformed into Governor Zhan, quickly put the guards away, and said to Qin Dewei: "Don't worry about the middle hall. After you leave, I will definitely follow you and not ruin your layout!"
In this way, Qin Dewei, the first person in the Ming Dynasty to serve as a bachelor's governor, ended his nearly two-month experience as governor of the border town.
Originally, he wanted to stay for another six months to do something before leaving next spring.
Unexpectedly, there was so much commotion outside the fortress that he had to go back to serve as a mascot for Emperor Jiajing's victory.
After the news of Qin Dewei's departure from Datong reached the capital, Eunuch Qin, the governor of the East Factory, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
If Qin Dewei still lingers and refuses to come back from Datong, Eunuch Qin, who is ordered to go to the Qin Mansion to deliver the imperial edict, will soon lose his nerve.
At this time, a letter from Dongchang came to report: "The General Administration Department sat down to investigate and learned that there was a censor who impeached the factory official!"
Eunuch Qin, who has been in a bad mood recently, said angrily: "I have done nothing recently, what else can he impeach? It's really much ado about nothing!"
Qian Shu also reported in detail: "The impeachment of the factory official neglected the national meritorious officials, ignored the dignity of the court, and deliberately delayed the reward!"
Another young eunuch came over to deliver the order. Emperor Jiajing asked Eunuch Qin to explain why the hero's mother's imperial congratulations as a first-class wife had not yet been sent.
Eunuch Qin ignored his anger and immediately got up and went to Xiyuan to Renshou Palace to see the emperor.
At this time, Emperor Jiajing was in the palace, listening to Tao Zhongwen, the national preceptor, preaching the Dharma.
The eunuch of Qin stood aside and waited for a while before he found an opportunity and reported to Emperor Jiajing: "I had other ideas regarding the award of the Zhou family, Qin Dewei's biological mother, so I waited for a few more days, but unexpectedly alarmed His Majesty."
Without waiting for the emperor to ask further questions, he continued: "I would like to wait until Qin Dewei returns to Beijing to issue the imperial edict of the Zhou family to Qin Dewei, and then Qin Dewei will personally present it to his mother. Only in this way can we demonstrate your majesty's most important filial piety!"
Thinking of the Empress Dowager Chiang who had passed away for more than a year and a half, Emperor Jiajing nodded with sympathy and said: "This is also very good!"
Eunuch Qin did not dare to disturb the emperor's continued practice, so he hurriedly left again.
He subconsciously wiped his sweat outside the palace. It seemed that he could pass this hurdle. As long as he is willing to use his brain, there will be no obstacles in life that cannot be overcome.
Everyone in the capital is paying attention to Qin Dewei's movements, but Qin Dewei doesn't pay much attention to the news in the capital. What can others do? At worst, it will happen again.
When Governor Qin went there, five hundred cavalry kept going and arrived in Datong in about four days.
When we came back, there were a few more carts and two women, and the speed was much slower. It took us seven or eight days to reach the capital.
Amid the cheers of the gatekeepers and the people on both sides, Qin Dewei entered the city through Desheng Gate again.
Qin Dewei rode up to Miss Li, who was still dressed as a man, and said, "You go home first, I have other things to do."
Miss Li asked in surprise: "What can be more important than going home?"
Qin Dewei said solemnly: "Yu controlled the floods but failed to enter the house three times. Huo Qubing said, why do we care about the family? In order to control the affairs of the king and the world, we naturally have to put the country before the family!"
Mrs. Li, who loves to be obedient in this novel, liked the character of a loyal minister and righteous soldier, and nodded heavily: "Okay!"
Qin Dewei pointed to the cart behind and said lightly: "We can't ignore those two poor people who were abandoned by their father, so you will take them back and be responsible for their placement.
Ah, by the way, if Sister Xuan asks, can you give me more explanations, is that okay?"
Miss Li: ""
Someone seemed to have clearly said that he was a scumbag, so why didn't he believe it at the time? It must be that the aura of being the number one scholar was so dazzling that it blinded him!
Qin Dewei said "I'm optimistic about you", turned his horse's head and left first, heading south from the east city to the Wubu Yamen area in the southeast outside the imperial city.
Accustomed to a life of riding horses and whips in Datong and the frontier, Qin Dewei did not change his habit for a while, and his rampage was very eye-catching.
On this street in front of the gates of the five departments of officials, households, rituals, soldiers, and industry, even the Duke of the country would not dare to show off like this.
Under the attention of the officials passing by on the roadside, Qin Dewei, just like Qin Dewei who drove a supercar and hit the street outside Tiananmen five hundred years later, stopped in front of the gate of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, got off his horse and went straight in.
In terms of the number of times he has interacted with Xu Zan, the Minister of Civil Affairs, he can be regarded as a half-acquaintance.
Qin Dewei walked into the main hall of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, took a quick look and said, "I haven't been here for two months. It turns out that the Heavenly Official is still you, sir, so it's easy to talk."
Xu Zan sneered and said: "Scholar Qin has not come to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to guide the administration for two months, and I miss him very much."
Qin Dewei took out a list and handed it over skillfully, "Sir, look at it!"
Xu Zan only read the first name, Liu Yong, the prefect of Datong? Which onion is this? He didn't bother to read the rest.
Xu Tianguan then pushed the list back and said to Qin Dewei: "Scholar Qin, you don't want Xia Shoufu to continue to be embarrassed in the court, right?"
Qin Dewei: ""
Is this sentence pattern very popular recently? I don’t know who took the lead in using it.
The Minister of Personnel in the Ming Dynasty was the most sensitive figure in the outer dynasty, and often became the focus and eye of the storm in various political struggles. If you read history books, you will know that many battles in the court were often inseparable from the Ministry of Personnel.
Therefore, as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, in fact, the safest political position is to be close to the chief minister, especially when the emperor still trusts the chief minister.
Only in this way can we protect our own safety from an individual perspective, and maintain the basic stability of the DPRK from an overall perspective.
This is why Xu Zan, who has the most seniority, has always been an independent force, but he can be regarded as half an ally of Xia Shoufu.
If it were in the past, when Xia Shoufu and Qin Dang had not been at odds, Xu Tianguan could still turn a blind eye.
But now the situation is different. Xu Tianguan must also take into account Xia Shoufu's face. You can't just make arrangements as Qin Dewei says. The civil service department is not your Qin Dewei's territory!
Qin Dewei pressed the list and sighed: "It's just a few people, why bother with it? At the very least, let's make arrangements for Magistrate Liu."
While the two were arguing, an aide suddenly came over in a hurry, stood at the door, and shouted to Xu Tianguan: "The news has just spread that Huo Tao, the great scholar who just started to enter the Zhiwuyi Hall yesterday, suddenly fell ill and died!"
No matter when a great scholar dies, it is a big deal. Xu Zan was shocked and thought for a while.
Although Qin Dewei was also surprised, he did not expect that after Huo Tao was modified by himself, he still did not escape the fate of dying from a sudden illness.
But after all, the time traveler had already "foreseen" it, so it quickly returned to normal.
All we can say is that problems such as physical illness will not disappear due to the butterfly effect, and will still occur sooner or later.
Xu Zan suddenly caught a glimpse of someone who was calm and composed. He felt suspicious and turned around to look at someone.
Qin Dewei was confused at first, but then he realized it and shouted to Xu Zan: "It has nothing to do with me! I just entered the city!"
Xu Zan just wanted to say, since it has nothing to do with you, why are you so calm? As if you had expected it?
The staff member then intervened and explained: "There are also rumors that Huo Ge Lao stayed up all night writing Qing Ci in Wuyi Hall, and then he fell ill and died."
It turns out that Huo Tao's previous official position was Shaobao and Yushi of Zuodu, but Qin Dewei manipulated the court and pushed him into the cabinet.
However, the Ming Dynasty had never had a precedent of Zuodu Yushi directly joining the cabinet, so it adopted a method of "saving the country through curves".
During the two months when Qin Dewei left the town of Xuanda, the imperial court first changed Huo Tao to the position of Minister of Rites (virtual) and concurrently in charge of the Hanlin Academy, making a temporary transition in this position.
Therefore, Emperor Jiajing was frequently disturbed by six hundred miles of urgent official documents, and when he summoned his cabinet ministers to discuss matters, Huo Tao did not come forward.
It was only recently that Huo Tao completed the transitional process and entered the cabinet from the position of Minister of Rites (virtual) and concurrently in charge of the Hanlin Academy, becoming another bachelor.
And because he was an old comrade-in-arms of Emperor Jiajing, Huo Tao successfully entered the Wuyi Hall of Zhixi Garden and officially completely succeeded Gu Dingchen's position.
It is probably because Mr. Huo Ge was too excited and very motivated to work. On the first day after joining the imperial family, he stayed up late to write Qing Ci for the emperor. A combination of factors led to a sudden illness and sudden death on the spot.
After learning the inside story, Qin Dewei was silent for a long time, and said sadly: "When you are middle-aged and old, you have to stay up late to code."
With the qualifications of Xu Zan and Xu Tianguan, who were nearly seventy years old, they had seen a lot of life and death, and they were not sentimental, but very irritable.
Sitting in the position of Minister of Civil Affairs, he hates instability very much!
Now that Huo Tao is gone, I'm afraid a new bachelor will have to be elected! Then he, the official minister, will become the focus of the court's struggle again!
When thinking of this, Xu Zan couldn't help but have a very strange idea in his mind. Maybe Qin Dewei is the most suitable person to be the Minister of Civil Affairs?
The reason is also very simple, because Qin Dewei is too aggressive and is never afraid of fighting. He seems to enjoy it. It would be a humiliation to not become the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became. Xu Tianguan couldn't help but slapped Qin Dewei and said: "It's all your fault. If you hadn't pushed Huo Tao to join the cabinet, why would this have happened!"
Qin Dewei was speechless. Can this be his fault?
When he first recommended Huo Tao to the cabinet, his original intention was to let Huo Tao, an old comrade in Da Liyin, go to the cabinet to stir up trouble and involve the energy of Xia Yan and Yan Song.
Moreover, doing good deeds can be regarded as changing Huo Tao's character's fate. Who would have thought that Huo Tao, who was only fifty-four years old, still couldn't bear it and died of a sudden illness despite another method.
At this point, all the comrades-in-arms of Emperor Jiajing's Dali Conference have taken their final bows.
Zhang Cong, Gui E, Huo Tao, Xi Shu, Huang Zongming, etc. all passed away. Only Fang Xianfu, the gentlest person, is still alive. However, he became an official in his hometown and will die within a few years.
After the death of Huo Tao, who was the greatest threat in history, Xia Yan and Yan Song no longer had any "foreign enemies", and the battle began to become a fierce and life-or-death stage.
But in this time and space, although Huo Tao is still gone this year, there is still someone more terrifying than Huo Tao.
Qin Dewei pushed the list over again and said to Xu Zan: "Tianguan, you don't want to either"
"Stop!" Xu Tianguan interrupted Qin Dewei, "I don't even know how to choose, how do you know whether I want it or not?"
In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, it was a long-awaited and happy event for any official to enter the cabinet, but the exception was the Minister of Personnel, the head of the six departments of the outer dynasty.
Whether it is better for the Heavenly Officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, who hold the most important power in personnel matters, to join the cabinet or not to join the cabinet has always been a metaphysical question.
After some officials from the civil service department entered the cabinet, their career and power increased to a higher level; after some officials from the civil service department entered the cabinet, they became a background and lost their real power.
This tangled mentality is also one of the important reasons why Xu Zan is very irritable.
Qin Dewei chuckled and said: "It doesn't matter whether you have thought it through now, what matters is what I will do.
If you want to join the cabinet, I will attack you with all my strength! If you don’t want to join the cabinet, I will recommend you with all my strength!"
Xu Zan was immediately furious. He raised the inkstone and shouted sternly: "I have two generations of officials, father and son, and I have never seen anyone dare to speak to the official official like this!"
Qin Dewei skillfully flashed a distance of ten feet and shouted across the corridor: "Tianguan, calm down! In fact, you can think about it the other way around!
If you want to join the cabinet, I can also help recommend you! If you don’t want to join the cabinet, I can also do my best to help prevent you from joining the cabinet!"
Xu Tianguan weighed Qin Dewei's combat effectiveness in his mind, put down the inkstone, and said doubtfully: "You don't want to recommend someone else to the cabinet?"
Qin Dewei replied: "What's the use of joining the cabinet for me? I'm not interested in joining the cabinet. And I'm tired of any political disputes now. I just want to do practical things!"
Xu Tianguan: ""
It seems to be understood that if one person can control three ministers, no one will want to have political strife. It is best to keep it like this!
After thinking about it, Xu Tianguan sighed, put away the list on the table, looked at the name "Liu Yong" again, and complained:
"I'm just a prefect, but I don't know what his virtues are, so you recommend me so highly!"