The person who recommended Qin Dewei as a cabinet scholar was none other than the Minister of War, Wang Tingxiang. Moreover, this was not Wang Tingxiang's own whim, but a predetermined plan.
Originally, Qin Dewei had two plans, A and B. Plan A was the first plan, seeking to establish and preside over the Military Aircraft Department; while Plan B was an alternative plan. If the Military Aircraft Department was attacked, Plan B would be dispatched.
As for the content of Alternate Plan B, it is to recommend Qin Dewei to compete for the position of cabinet bachelor. Regardless of whether he can win it, he can force others to exchange interests.
Originally, Plan B was a better-than-nothing, just-in-case plan. It was decided casually with the idea of having an alternative, but I didn't expect it to actually work.
However, Wang Tingxiang saw the signal sent by Qin Dewei and acted according to plan B. He recommended Qin Dewei to be the cabinet bachelor. It was like a ground-breaking move, and it was like a stone that stirred up thousands of waves in the minds of the ministers!
Qin Dewei was too young to formally join the cabinet. Although it had never been made official and was rarely formally stated verbally, it was the tacit consensus of everyone in the court. However, Wang Tingxiang pierced this window today.
At this moment, almost no one in the crowd could react, and they were all confused.
Today's court meeting is really not the weirdest, only weirder! Everyone thought that when they discussed the issue of the Military Aircraft Department, the scene was the weirdest they had ever seen in their lives, but they didn't expect that something even weirder would be coming.
Does Qin Dewei have the qualifications to join the cabinet? Of course he does. He is a scholar, a Hanlin bachelor, and has outstanding achievements. If he is not qualified to join the cabinet, then others are even less qualified.
As for the fact that Qin Dewei's current civil service rank is only the fourth rank, can it be called a problem? Does rank have any meaning to people like Qin Dewei?
However, Qin Dewei has never expressed interest in becoming a full cabinet minister. He has never really competed for a cabinet position. Moreover, Qin Dewei is too young, so everyone generally agrees that Qin Dewei belongs to the future.
Therefore, in the minds of most people, Qin Dewei has never been linked to the current position of bachelor. As we all know, Qin Dewei is not interested in the position of bachelor in the cabinet, but what is the reason for Wang Tingxiang's statement?
In fact, Wang Tingxiang himself was in a very emotional mood. Could it be that something big was going to happen today? It was not that Wang Tingxiang wanted to cause trouble, but that he had to step in and act as the troublemaker.
While everyone else was in shock and confusion, Wang Tingxiang looked at Qin Dewei again. He needed Qin Dewei's instructions to determine the next move.
But Qin Dewei naturally put his right hand on the jade waist and kept stroking the jade pieces. According to the pre-written code, this action meant to continue.
Wang Tingxiang's balls ached deeply, and it seemed that he couldn't stop? Seeing what Qin Dewei meant, he still wanted to continue?
But how to continue is another question. According to the original plan, if they fail on the issue of the Military Aircraft Department, they will use the momentum of mourning soldiers to compete for the position of bachelor in the cabinet.
But the atmosphere at the scene was completely different, let alone mourning. How should we continue?
While he was thinking about it, Wang Tingxiang suddenly saw Qin Dewei pointing at Yan Song.
So Wang Tingxiang thought about what Yan Song said just now, imitated Yan Song's tone, and said to everyone: "About the recommendation of Qin Dewei as a cabinet scholar, what do you think? If you have different opinions, please correct me!"
The whole place was still silent, no one spoke, and no one would jump out and take the lead at this time.
Wang Tingxiang said to everyone again: "Since there is no objection, it seems that you think my recommendation is not wrong?"
How is this possible! Everyone was just shocked, but they didn’t want to acquiesce!
Immediately, Gan Weilin, Minister of Industry, stood up and questioned: "Qin Dewei is still too young."
Wang Tingxiang responded: "Lao Yange said just now that if you have ambitions, it's not about your age. If you don't have ambitions, you will live a hundred years in vain! When the country employs people, talent and virtue come first. How can there be any reason to limit talents by age?"
Yan Song: ""
At this moment, Tu Qiao, the censor of Zuodu, questioned: "According to the practice of the past dynasties, when nominating ministers are recommended to the cabinet, the order of juniors and seniors must always be considered. This is the etiquette of scholars.
However, Qin Dewei's rank as a Ci official is only the fourth grade, and his qualifications are only a few years. There are many senior third-grade poets in front of him, so he should be given priority over Qin Dewei, so how can Qin Dewei be allowed to take the lead?"
When Wang Tingxiang didn't know how to answer, he subconsciously looked at Qin Dewei, only to see Qin Dewei pointing at Xia Yan.
So Wang Tingxiang immediately felt blessed and responded: "Xia Shoufu also said just now that Qin Scholar is extremely talented and has made great achievements many times!
Xia Shoufu also said that with the reputation of Academician Qin, he is suitable to sit in Wenyuan Pavilion and serve as a cardinal! How can seniority be used to restrict people with outstanding achievements like Academician Qin? If seniority can determine everything, then the imperial court will set merit
What’s the purpose of the book?”
Xia Yan: ""
How could this horse-riding person continue to question? Those who wanted to prevent Qin Dewei from joining the cabinet were speechless and looked at Xia Yan and Yan Song in unison.
The two of you just praised Qin Dewei at all costs, but now everything has been rebounded by Qin Dewei! What should we do now? You two should come up with an idea!
But the two old bureaucrats, Xia Yan and Yan Song, are also confused now. They can no longer make a judgment on this situation based on their old experience.
They knew that Emperor Jiajing was particularly jealous of his ministers being overly competent. Even Zhang Fujing, the number one contributor to the Dali Conference, became the chief minister because of his stern personality.
It is completely feasible to make good use of Emperor Jiajing's psychology and snipe Qin Dewei in charge of the military aircraft department in a flattering way.
But the current change in the situation is completely incomprehensible to the two cabinet ministers who are experienced in political struggles.
And the key point is that as bachelors, the two of them must avoid suspicion according to political conventions and cannot speak out on the issue of nominating new bachelors unless the emperor specifically inquires about it, so they can only watch Wang Tingxiang perform.
I only heard Wang Tingxiang say: "So Qin Dewei is very suitable to be the cabinet bachelor. This court meeting should recommend Qin Dewei as the cabinet bachelor! What's more, Qin Dewei has already entered Zhiwenyuan Pavilion, so it is logical to add another bachelor."
"What about the Military Aircraft Department?" someone asked.
Everyone looked around and saw that the person speaking was actually Commander Lu Binglu. They didn't know why this person suddenly interrupted.
Wang Tingxiang said without hesitation: "Didn't they jointly recommend Qin Dewei to head the Military Aircraft Department just now? Then naturally Qin Dewei should be the cabinet bachelor and head of the Military Aircraft Department. Isn't this obvious and natural?"
Lu Bing felt at a loss after asking. He knew that government affairs were very complicated, but he didn't expect it to be so complicated! Why are these bureaucrats so messy!
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