Chapter 462 461 promotion

For these old ministers of King Yu’s Qiandi, even if they want to be promoted, they must make contributions, otherwise even the unspoken rules will be criticized by colleagues around them.

Even if they actually accept that you were promoted by the new emperor, it is not right and I don’t know how to arrange it behind it.

But if you have the credit for copying books at that time, even if it is a small achievement, as long as the emperor agrees, it can be infinitely amplified into a shocking achievement.

Don’t forget that the official position of the court is one carrot and one pit. If you want to be promoted, you must first have someone free up your position. Whether he is promoted or retired, there will always be someone who wants to leave the court.

Just as they were discussing that the emperor might have to order people to copy the "Yongle Encyclopedia", in Yuxi Palace, Xu Jie stood with his hands down, waiting for Emperor Jiajing to consult.

On the imperial throne above, Emperor Jiajing read the memorial in his hand and then placed it on the imperial desk.

"You wrote the memorial from the Ministry of War. What do you think?"

Emperor Jiajing asked lightly.

"Your Majesty, this time the Ministry of War wants to change the middle and senior generals of the nine major towns. I think it is feasible."

Emperor Jiajing did not question the people involved. After all, the Ministry of War must have more knowledge of these generals than the emperor and the cabinet ministers.

"The Ministry of War has this plan, so it should be up to the cabinet in advance."

Emperor Jiajing asked.

"Yes, your Majesty."

Xu Jie was not surprised that the emperor summoned himself to ask about this matter. Although Yan Song was the chief assistant, Yan Song's current health was indeed difficult to be qualified for the chief assistant.

If Emperor Jiajing summoned Yan Song to inquire, Yan Song's slow answer would probably lead to a heart attack from Emperor Jiajing.

"The Ministry of War organized the information collected from the Altan Ministry and concluded that the Altan Ministry might adjust the habit of invading borders that had been formed over the years. In the past, most of the invasions to our Ming Dynasty were concentrated in Xuanda and Liaodong, and located east of the nine borders. At present, Altan Ministry showed signs of moving westward, so some generals were gradually transferred to the west."

Emperor Jiajing sat on the imperial throne and remained silent, just listening quietly to Xu Jie's answer.

The memorials of the Ministry of War have detailed dialectical evidence, not a result of imagination, and then there was a plan to switch generals on a large scale.

If you ask Yang Bo, it will naturally be the idea of ​​the Ministry of War. Emperor Jiajing insisted on the cabinet ministers to answer, so he naturally wanted to know how the court viewed the general's major change.

Xu Jie's answer did not exceed the content of the memorial of the Ministry of War, which made Emperor Jiajing not very satisfied.

In other words, the Ministry of War had convinced the cabinet members in previous communications, which made it difficult for him to understand the court officials' views on this matter through this conversation.

Since this is the case, continuing such a non-nutritional conversation will lose its meaning.

"Yeah, I understand."

Emperor Jiajing said casually.

According to convention, at this time when the emperor's inquiry was over, Xu Jie should leave, but when he resigned, Emperor Jiajing stopped him.

"A few years ago, I asked you who can be the chief officer of the "Dao Encyclopedia"? Can anyone recommend it?"

Emperor Jiajing left Xu Jie and talked about the previous events again.

Xu Jie knew very well about the emperor's inquiry. The previous hint was clear enough, and he didn't know it yet.

"Your Majesty asked that day, and I came down to seriously think about who is suitable for the chief school officer. After careful consideration, I believe that Gao Gong, the Minister of Rites, Zuo Chunfang, Zuo Yude and the attendant Qu Jingchun are suitable for everyone."

Xu Jie had already made a secret about this. When Emperor Jiajing asked about it, he naturally talked about his choice.

"Gao Gong, Qu Jingchun."

Emperor Jiajing did not make too many statements after he read out the names of these two people.

"Recently, the Ministry of Personnel and the Censorate submitted a test for the examination. Yin Shidan, the lecturer of the Prince Yu's Mansion, has been in the Prince Yu's Mansion for six years and has been awarded the highest level. I wonder what vacancies in the court?"

This is when Emperor Jiajing is about to promote Yin Shidan.

Xu Jie quickly thought about it in his mind. There are actually not many ways to promote officials from Prince Yu’s Mansion. The positions of the Ministry of Rites and the Minister of Personnel are full, and they have just been promoted by the emperor. There are no official positions in a short period of time.

The rest are in the Hanlin Academy and Zhan Shi Mansion.

"Your Majesty, the Hanlin Academy has a full bachelor's degree, and only the position of the right son of the Youchunfang of Zhanshifu is vacant. However, Yin Shidan can hold this position."

Xu Jie thought about it for a while and thought that the position of a concubine's son was feasible.

Yin Shidan was the official position of the Ministry of Justice. In order to be promoted to the right concubine, he was promoted to half a rank, becoming a fifth-rank official.

This time, Emperor Jiajing nodded slightly, which was considered to have a clear attitude towards the opinions he put forward.

"Who will take over the position of Xima of the Sijing Bureau?"

Emperor Jiajing continued to ask questions.

Most of the official positions in the court were actually completed in conversations such as the emperor and the cabinet ministers, of course, this was limited to those who were interested in Emperor Jiajing.

Under normal circumstances, he would not care about official positions under the fifth rank, and most of them were left to the Ministry of Personnel for arrangements.

However, this time he made some preparations for King Yu and promoted to the lecturer of the Prince Yu's Mansion, so he specially came to Xu Jie to discuss.

Looking for Xu Jie instead of Yan Song naturally had his considerations.

However, Xu Jie was shocked at this time. He had already guessed Emperor Jiajing's plan.

The Ministry of Justice was a member of the fifth rank official position. He Xu Jie never took it seriously.

When asked this question, Emperor Jiajing's attitude was already very clear. Who is the right person to be promoted in Prince Yu's mansion now?

Chen Yiqin had been a fifth-rank official, but he was still in the midst of his sorrow, so he was naturally excluded. The remaining ones were Zhang Juzheng, Wei Guangde and Tang Ruji.

Tang Ruji, he, Xu Jie, naturally, would not speak for him.

Although Zhang Juzheng, his own student, would be said to be nepotism, he would also be said to be a talented person and not avoid relatives. This may be the fundamental reason why Emperor Jiajing asked him.

But can he recommend his students?

Of course not.

He had already made arrangements for Zhang Juzheng. What's the matter with the position of a horse washing officer? The official position he arranged for Zhang Juzheng was the Imperial College Priest, and was an official position of the fourth rank.

The main reason why I haven't taken action is that I haven't negotiated with Yan Song and others, and the time is not ripe.

In the past, Xu Jie was not very urgent to accomplish this, but after Emperor Jiajing wanted to re-record the "Yongle Encyclopedia", things became urgent.

If Zhang Juzheng was allowed to serve as the official position of Xima, it would be a bit hindering to his position as the Imperial College Supervisor.

Since Zhang Juzheng was not good, Xu Jie naturally wanted to recommend others, and Wei Guangde was the only one left in Prince Yu's mansion.

After thinking about it in his heart, Xu Jie replied: "I recommend the lecturer of the Prince Yu's Mansion, and Wei Guangde is allowed to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of Justice."

After Xu Jie finished speaking, he clearly saw a trace of confusion in Emperor Jiajing's eyes, although it was only a short moment.

Of course, Emperor Jiajing did not know Xu Jie's plan. The official position he arranged for Zhang Juzheng was much higher than normal promotion. Once successful, Zhang Juzheng would surpass all officials under the Yu Palace except Gao Gong.

"Is Wei Guangde? But Zhang Juzheng in Prince Yu's mansion also seems to be very suitable, not to mention that Zhang Juzheng was a Jinshi for 26 years, and Wei Guangde was only a Jinshi for 35 years."

Emperor Jiajing spoke.

The meaning is very obvious, with qualifications. The time difference between the two became Jinshi, and it seemed inappropriate for them to be officials of the same rank. Therefore, Emperor Jiajing thought of promoting Zhang Juzheng to half the level and allowing him to surpass Wei Guangde. Unexpectedly, in Xu Jie, Wei Guangde surpassed Zhang Juzheng.

"Your Majesty, in order to teach King Yu, Wei Guangde had read classics in the Hanlin Academy Library, Imperial College and other books. As far as I know, Wei Guangde has a great memory and has never forgotten all the books he has read. Such a person is more suitable to serve as the Xima position of the Sijing Bureau."

Xu Jie also had his own reasons, otherwise there would be no explanation for Emperor Jiajing to lose points.

The Bureau of Justice, in charge of the scriptures and attendants, to put it bluntly, it is the yamen that prepares books for the prince. However, the Jiajing Dynasty no longer established the prince, so naturally it became idle.

Xu Jie's reason seemed very powerful, and Emperor Jiajing also saw from it that Xu Jie really did not intend to get Zhang Juzheng to be promoted to this position.

"I'll consider it again."

Emperor Jiajing said lightly.

Although Emperor Jiajing said this, Xu Jie knew that this matter was probably settled. If Emperor Jiajing did not make arbitrary decision and insisted on using Zhang Juzheng to take on this position.

If Emperor Jiajing insisted, as a minister, no matter what he did, his arms would be unable to resist his thighs. But he did not believe that Emperor Jiajing would be so bored and would intervene in a fifth-rank official position.

Emperor Jiajing was not in a hurry to arrange for the discussion with Xu Jie this time, because it was two days later that the latest Fujian war report was sent to the capital, which once again caused shock to the government and the people.

"The bandits invaded Huaian County, Fujian Province. The Censor You Zhen received an order to command the camp. Wang Bo led the three guards in Fuzhou Prefecture, and the soldiers of Peng Dengying in the township were suppressed. The soldiers of Dengying were defeated first and blamed him for the defeat. Zhen was punished by Bo. He was killed by the four team leaders. The three guards were dissatisfied with complaints. The deputy envoy Wang Daokun went to the school to read, and Cao Ge killed several soldiers in the township, but he was unable to kill Dengying. He was stationed in the south of the city for a long time and then scattered."

"The Japanese pirates in Tong'an, Fujian attacked at night, broke into Yongning Acropolis, and threatened to command Wang Guorui, Zhong Wu, and Qianhu Cai Chaoyang to surrender."

Zhang Lian rebels and attacked Huaian County, and defeated the outside of the official army, which even disrupted the internal division of the official army and fought against each other. This really puzzled the officials in the capital.

With foreign enemies around, they were still fighting. Don’t they know that everyone will be dealt with if they are defeated?

As for the Japanese pirates attacking Yongning Acropolis at night, coerced command, and surrendered thousands of households, it disappointed the officials in the Korean government. In this environment, when will Fujian restore order?

Seeing such a war report, Emperor Jiajing had made up his mind to carry out a major change in the Fujian officialdom, otherwise he would not know when he would save the situation.

At the same time, he also had an opinion on Hu Zongxian, who was in charge of Zhejiang.

He had already ordered Hu Zongxian to command the army to eliminate the rebels, but Hu Zongxian always used the reason for the uneasy Japanese pirates to push for the three obstacles and refused to send a large army into Fujian.

Of course, officials in the court were not fools, and rumors of Hu Zongxian raising the enemy's self-respecting began to circulate in secret.

Such rumors seem to be hidden, but how could they escape the surveillance of factory guards? They naturally flow into the West Garden and appeared on the desk of Emperor Jiajing.

In less than two days, the Censorate submitted a memorial to impeachment of Fujian Censor Li Tinglong, "In mid-October last year, the pirates defeated Ningde County, and the magistrate of the general Wang Mengqi, Li Yaoqing, was sentenced to the city and was killed. All of them were killed because the Governor Liu Tao and the Commander Zhang Quan and other ten people were injured."

"Fujian Governor Liu Tao is not easy to remain in office. He asked him to go to Nanjing first to wait for the dispatch. The cabinet and the Ministry of Personnel report to the candidates as soon as possible."

In the Yuxi Palace in Xiyuan, Emperor Jiajing shouted to the three cabinet ministers.
To be continued...