Yang Shen went to see Hanlin bachelor Shi Yun that day. When he came back, he called Yu Chengxun and Ye Guizhang to his bachelor's room. Neither of them understood what he was going to do.
Yang Shen said: "Why is there no news about Jingdao recently?"
Yu Chengxun and Ye Guizhang couldn't help but look at each other. They both had doubts in their hearts. Could it be that they called us here just to ask where Zhu Hao was?
"Yongxiu, why do you want to ask about Jingdao's whereabouts? Don't you know him well? From the bottom of my heart, I don't want to come to Hanlin Academy to meet Mao. There is no way you and I can see him in Hanlin Academy."
After all, Yu Chengxun and Yang Shen have a deeper personal relationship, so it's okay to speak in such a teasing tone.
Yang Shen shook his head: "I sent people to his house and the places where he often went to look for it. I also left messages, but there was no news." Ye Guizhang couldn't help the curiosity in his heart and asked: "Look for it with Xiu."
Why do you respect Tao?"
At this time, Yang Shen took out something that looked like an official document and presented it to the two of them: "Recently, there will be major changes in the official positions in the Hanlin Academy, and another Hanlin bachelor may be added... In addition, from
During the compilation process, three or four people will be selected to serve as attendant readers and lecturers. For other official positions at all levels, capable people will also be selected for promotion."
As soon as these words came out, Yu Chengxun and Ye Guizhang showed strange expressions on their faces.
Because the Jinshi in the second year of Jiajing did not hold the selection of Shujishi, there are some "young and old" in the Hanlin Academy. There are not many people in the Hanlin Academy. If you want to select a few editors at a time to be promoted to ministers and lecturers, it will be a battle.
Competition among serving Hanlin officials.
"Is the news reliable?"
Yu Chengxun looked at the document carefully. It was just a list of current employees of the Hanlin Academy that Shi Ban gave Yang Shen. It seemed that there were no specific regulations at all. Everything was just speculation. He couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Ye Guizhang asked: "What does this matter have to do with Jingdao?" Yu Chengxun couldn't help but look sideways at Ye Guizhang.
Ye Guizhang's words are a bit too direct, right?
Even if you think it's unreasonable for Yang Shen to seek Zhu Hao, you can't say that Zhu Hao's promotion in the Hanlin Academy has nothing to do with it. Didn't Zhu Hao compile from a sixth-grade historian like you and me?
Yu Chengxun blinked and said, "I think by Xiu, I want Jingdao to go to the new Hanlin bachelor's office to get some information, right?" It means that Yang Shen wants Zhu Hao to go to Tang Yin to inquire about this matter.
There are also specific principles for promotion.
Yang Shen did not answer directly. If he admitted it, it would mean that he had been using Zhu Hao before... He was obviously on the opposite side of Tang Yin, but he still sent Zhu Hao to ask questions every time. What was this other than taking advantage of?
In fact, Yang Shen didn't exactly ask Zhu Hao to inquire about the information. After all, there was a "little secret" between him and Zhu Hao. He immediately said: "Jingdao is also a member of my Hanlin Academy. I want to see if he is enterprising about this."
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Ye Guizhang bluntly said: "In terms of qualifications, Jingdao may not be enough for promotion."
Yu Chengxun smiled and said, "Not necessarily. Jingdao has been taking the exam for three years anyway. Besides, he now has a gentleman with a bachelor's degree in the Imperial Academy as his backer. Who says he will never have a chance?"
It was another joke, but it sounded more uncomfortable to Ye Guizhang.
Zhu Hao was obviously indifferent to his own career and was considered an outcast and marginalized figure in the court. Why did he seem to have a better chance than anyone else when it came time to get promoted? Even Yang Shen wanted to help Zhu Hao?
Yu Chengxun then asked about the doubts in his heart: "Yongxiu, do you want to help Jingdao? If he can be promoted to serve as a minister, he may not think about external transfer."
Yang Shen looked at the two of them, but did not answer directly, and said: "The autumn lectures are over now. Even if you choose to serve as a lecturer or a lecturer, you are still preparing for the spring lectures next year. No matter who is promoted, they will be on errands in the past few months. No substantial changes.
"As for Jingdao, I just want to ask him what he means. I don't mean to help or not to help. Don't think too much about it. Go back and make preparations first. If there is a promotion in the future, there must be specific assessment standards, otherwise it will be difficult to convince. Everyone. This is a warning to you in advance."
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Fengtian Hall, the scene of the court meeting.
Qiao Yu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, once again resigned on the grounds that he was suffering from a serious illness and could not support government affairs.
It was less than ten days before Mao Ji, the second minister, took office. Zhu Si did not directly approve Qiao Yu's appointment. He expressed some relief and ordered the imperial physician to diagnose and treat him.
All the ministers felt that Qiao Yu became official only in the past few days.
At the court meeting that day, Qin Jin was elected as the Minister of Household Affairs, and the position of Minister of Household Affairs, which had been pending for nearly a month, was finally decided. At the end of the court meeting, Zhu Si summoned four cabinet ministers and the Secretary of the Ministry of Etiquette to the Palace of Qianqing.
Originally, these people thought that the new emperor was going to hold a grand ceremony again, but when the emperor called them, he only informed them about the addition of "Hanlin bachelors who will discuss the ceremony" again.
"Your Majesty, isn't there already one? Why do we need to set up another one?" Jiang Mian, as the first assistant, directly questioned the emperor.
At present, his voice in the cabinet and court is far less than when Yang Tinghe first took office.
Speaking of the cabinet alone, the departure of Mao Ji and the addition of Huang Pu made Jiang Mian almost alone in the cabinet. Even the central government felt that Jiang Mian's position as chief minister would not be retained until the end of the year.
Zhu Sidao: "As my mentor, Mr. Tang has always had an easy-going temperament when he was in the Prince's Palace, without the slightest ambition to fight and enterprising. I made him a Hanlin bachelor to give him a glorious position before he became an official, not In order for him to really participate in the discussion of rituals... I need a wise and insightful person who can be promoted to a Hanlin bachelor to promote the development of the discussion of rituals."
The emperor actually thinks that Tang Yin is incompetent? You still choose him if he is incompetent?
Just to give him a position where he can show off?
Now if you choose someone who can do the job, doesn't it mean that we will have to worry about this Li Hanlin bachelor coming out to cause trouble every day like before?
"Do you have any good candidates?" Zhu Si asked.
Jiang Mian didn't say anything. Now he's looking for a bachelor of the Lili Hanlin Academy to come out. Isn't it obvious that he is going against the mainstream views in the court? Then can the emperor accept the person I recommend?
I still won't come out to make myself angry.
The second assistant, Fei Hong, walked down the aisle and said, "Your Majesty, Li Tingxiang and Liu Long, the academic lecturers of the Hanlin Academy, may be suitable for this job." Nowadays, the distribution of official positions in the Hanlin Academy is rather strange.
There are some old people, some newcomers, and some who are promoted out of the norm, such as the assistant lecturer Yang Shen.
Now there are three bachelor's degree scholars at once. Since the emperor wants to select a new bachelor degree from Hanlin, he should promote him from the existing three bachelor's degree scholars... Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty does not even have one bachelor's degree scholar.
Zhu Si shook his head directly: "No, I don't think it's appropriate. Why don't you go back and discuss it carefully, and then make a recommendation at the meeting tomorrow!"...
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After the emperor spread the news again, he asked the five people to leave. The five people had not even formally discussed anything serious with the emperor. After leaving Qianqing Palace, Xi Shu asked directly: "What do you mean by this, Your Majesty?"
The four members of the cabinet looked at him, as if to say, you, the Minister of Rites, are very interesting. You are responsible for presiding over the ceremonial meeting for the emperor. You are not the same as us. How can you not know the emperor's intention?
Liu Chun seemed to have no intention and said with emotion: "I think your majesty intends to cultivate people like Zhang Bingyong who can discuss rituals. I heard that your majesty also summoned several officials from Nanjing to the capital earlier, saying that they were arranging to discuss their use at the Hanlin Academy."
Liu Chun said, but looked at Huang Zan.
In the past, there was not a single person from the Ritualist faction among the top officials of the imperial court, and there were at most a few neutral factions. Due to the situation, the neutral factions could only follow the orthodox faction. But now the situation is different.
Of these five people, two were from the Lili faction. Liu Chun and Fei Hong were still neutral factions in the traditional sense. The only remaining orthodox faction was Jiang Mian, who had not been in power for long.
Jiang Mian asked: "Gongxian, do you know the details?"
Huang Zan shook his head: "Your Majesty didn't explain it in advance, or he really asked the court to recommend him. If he said that he was deliberately cultivating Bingyong, I don't think so. Bingyong has not been in the court for a long time, how can he be qualified to be a Hanlin bachelor? position?"
Liu Chun smiled and said: "You can't say that. Bohu has only been in the court for two or three years, so now..." That's what he said, but even Jiang Mian seemed to feel that Tang Yin's situation no the same.
When Yuan Zonggao entered the court, he directly joined the cabinet and became the cabinet minister.
As a result, he died not long after, and Tang Yin naturally became the successor of Yuan Zonggao's legacy. However, Tang Yin was previously suppressed by Yang Tinghe and had no chance to be promoted. Now, as long as he does not let an elected official join the cabinet as the elder, everything is easy to discuss.
Several people continued to walk forward.
Fei Hong asked: "Then... besides Bingyong, who else is His Majesty's preferred candidate for Hanlin bachelor's degree?" This question is quite sensible.
Several people looked at each other, and seemed to be wondering which person from the rites faction the emperor wanted to use besides Zhang Cong. It seemed that no one was qualified to be promoted.
Huang Zan said: "Isn't there Chang Fu?" He was talking about Zhang Bangqi.
Liu Chun shook his head: "I don't think so. Chang Fu has an easy-going personality and has never argued with others since he entered the Hanlin Academy. There have long been rumors that your Majesty will transfer him to serve in the Sixth Ministry. I think there is someone else."
Liu Chun's thinking now is very different from before.
He knew Zhu Hao's position in the new emperor's power. If the emperor wanted to cultivate anyone... he would definitely give priority to Zhu Hao. But he also felt that there were certain problems in promoting Zhu Hao.
Zhu Hao is nominally opposed to discussing rituals, and he has only been in the court for a short time. Like Zhang Cong, he will be directly promoted to a bachelor's degree in the Imperial Academy, which will be difficult to convince the public. Yang Shen at least stayed in the court for nine years to pass the exam, while Zhu Hao Strictly speaking, I haven't completed the exam in three years, so it's so lonely.
If not Zhang Cong and Zhu Hao, who would the emperor want to promote?
Jiang Mian originally had something to say, but because Xi Shu from the Yili faction was present and Xi Shu was not yet a member of the cabinet, he did not say anything.
The four members of the cabinet returned to the cabinet for duty. Jiang Mian finally couldn't help but said: "His Majesty's intention may be to force me to leave the court. I will go to the court tomorrow to resign. Please understand."
Fei Hong quickly consoled him: "Things haven't reached this level yet, and they don't have to be like this!"
Jiang Mian raised his hand to interrupt Fei Hong's words and said: "Your Majesty has brought up the great ceremony several times recently, all for the purpose of arranging personnel in the court. I have occupied the position of chief minister for a long time, which will inevitably make people annoying. It is better to return to my hometown early to take care of myself."
In the end, I won’t be teased again.”
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At this moment, even Huang Zan from the Yi Li Sect felt a little uncomfortable.
Jiang Mian obviously felt that Zhu Si's purpose was to drive him away, and even regarded this as the emperor's teasing, which was really sad and pitiful.