Not to mention ordinary officials, such a reward is enough to make all ministers jealous.
If it were not for the fact that the minister could no longer serve as governor, these six ministers would probably be shameless and would rather not be ministers but go overseas to serve as governor for one term.
Zhu Biao looked at the ministers below. Those governors who had received rewards were naturally beaming with joy. But the other officials looked at the governors with mixed feelings.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhu Biao said loudly: "This is the end of the award ceremony. In addition, since the seat of the Governor's Mansion is vacant, let the Ministry of Personnel draw up a list of the new governor and submit it after it is completed. Zhang Aiqing, this is You will have something to do."
After saying that, Zhu Biao looked towards Zhang Yan. There was a hint of reminder and some warning in his eyes.
Unfortunately, Zhang Yan, who was so immersed in the sudden happiness, did not notice the warning look in the emperor's eyes.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will do my best to select the person most suitable to serve as governor."
Zhu Biao looked at Zhang Yan calmly. Seeing him behave like this, he began to doubt in his heart. Is it inappropriate to leave this matter to Zhang Yan?
Choosing the governor of the world is a big deal. And Zhu Biao looked at Zhang Yan as if he hadn't realized the importance of this matter?
However, he is the emperor, and he has a golden tongue. Now that you have spoken, it is difficult to take it back, at least not now.
The reason why Zhu Biao wanted to hand over the matter to Zhang Yan was just because the Ministry of Personnel was in charge of the promotion of officials all over the world.
"This matter is settled, retreat!"
"I respectfully send you off to the Emperor. Long live my Emperor! Long live the Emperor~"
Han Du looked puzzled as Zhu Biao's figure turned behind the screen and handed over the power of selecting the governor to the staff. The Ministry of Personnel is originally the first among the six departments, and the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel is also called the Heavenly Official. Now the decision-making power of the governors of the world has been handed over to the officials. From now on, the officials will go to heaven.
Moreover, this overseas governor's palace was originally prepared by Han Du for the noble generals. Later, although there were civil servants serving as governors, these civil servants were actually capable of both literary and military skills. There is no truly pure civil servant serving as governor up to now.
During the Hongwu period, noble military generals still had enough say in the court and could compete with civilian officials. Even in military operations, military generals squeezed civilian officials to the point where they had little say.
Even so, Han Du is still trying every means to strengthen the voice of noble generals in the court. Because Han Du knew that in terms of conspiracy methods above the court, the impulsive and hot-tempered noble generals were no match for the wily civil servants.
If we do not favor the noble generals, they will sooner or later be squeezed out of the center of power by civilian officials. At that time, even the civil servants will begin to compete with the emperor for imperial power. Fortunately, when you encounter a strong emperor, you can take power back from the hands of civilian officials. But once you encounter a cowardly emperor, it is possible to directly evade the imperial power.
Since Han Du agreed to Lao Zhu, he naturally would not allow this to happen.
However, Han Du just watched Zhu Biao leave without saying a word.
But he had already made up his mind. No matter what expectations Zhu Biao had for civil servants, he would be disappointed in the end. That's when it's your chance to speak.
Why was Han Du so sure that the civil servants would disappoint Zhu Biao? Because, as Yue Fei said, "Civil officials are not greedy for money, generals are not afraid of death, and the world is not peaceful!"
But this is just an ideal state for Yue Fei, and the reality is just the opposite. "Civil officials are greedy for money, military generals are afraid of death, and the world has never been peaceful."
Zhu Biao handed over the power of selecting the governor to the Ministry of Personnel, hoping that the Ministry of Personnel would make a fair and just selection. His starting point was wrong from the beginning. He made the mistake of overestimating the integrity of civil servants, thinking that these people would have the same conscience as him after reading the books of sages for so many years.
The news that the imperial court was about to re-appoint the governor of the world spread throughout the capital that day. It instantly aroused the gossip among the people, and people in the streets were speculating on who could become the next governor.
A fierce fight among the officials began that day, and the street in front of Zhang Yan's home was instantly blocked. Although there used to be busy traffic in front of Zhang Yan's house, now there are more than ten times more traffic than before.
Even the restaurants and brothels in the capital attracted an explosive wave of consumption. The Seafood Restaurant and Jiaofangsi are always crowded every day, and even the Seafood Restaurant has reached the point where it can no longer accommodate the customers and has to make reservations and queues for a steady stream of customers.
You know, even when the seafood restaurant just opened and was the most popular, no one lined up to make an appointment.
After all, the price of the seafood restaurant is the highest in Beijing, and ordinary people are reluctant to have a meal here.
But things are different now. Now is the time when officials are desperately trying to show their face.
What are you afraid of? Sir, I want to pay more now. If your seafood restaurant charges cheaper, sir, I won't come here.
Just for the words "the most expensive restaurant in the capital", countless officials expressed their willingness to wait even if they had to wait.
Such a strong contrast made the owners of a restaurant in Beijing unable to believe it, and they were also very confused. Obviously the prices of seafood restaurants are so expensive, but their prices are several times cheaper. Why do people prefer to make reservations and queue up to be annoyed by seafood restaurants instead of going to their restaurants?
Moreover, they have been jealous of the seafood restaurant for a long time, but there is nothing they can do about it.
Now seeing such a scene that goes against common sense, several restaurants have begun to imitate seafood restaurants and have raised their prices. And just like the seafood restaurant, you have to make a reservation and queue up before selling. If you don’t make a reservation and line up, they won’t sell it to you!
But not only did not one of the officials who learned the news go to these restaurants to be the enemy. Instead, they all sneered at these restaurants, "Master, I'm not afraid of spending money. It's not that I have too much money and no place to spend it. I dare to raise the price of any item, and I want to imitate the seafood restaurant? I don't even urinate to look at myself. After all, I am a what?"
Not only did these restaurants fail to gain new customers, they even offended their old customers. I can only look at the seafood restaurant with envy as it is packed with guests every day, but their place is deserted, with not a single customer.
The news of the selection of the abbot and governor of the Ministry of Personnel even spread quickly to the various chief envoys. As a result, a snowstorm of personal letters flew to the capital. These were all personal letters from each chief envoy.
It is impossible for a dignified chief envoy not to have teachers, classmates, fellow villagers and the like in the capital. And their reasons for serving as governors are also very good. They are not only the chief envoys of the third grade, but also have rich experience in managing a place. Moreover, they have already become officials in the Ming Dynasty, and now they want to continue to hone themselves and go overseas to experience it.
If Han Du knew about it, he would jump for joy immediately.
How many years, how many years! Officials of the Ming Dynasty finally started to look up from the one-third of an acre below their feet to look around the world!
Perhaps, just because of this reason, Handu is willing to give up all the governorship seats for this term to these chief envoys.
It's a pity that Han Du doesn't know!
Such a grand occasion lasted for more than a month.
Lao Zhu's national mourning lasted only three days, but the selection of a governor was bustling in the capital for more than a month. This shows how much energy people driven by interests can burst out.
Morning morning again.
Wang Yue, as before, stood on Danbi and shouted, "If there is something to do, we will start, if there is nothing, we will retreat!"
Zhang Yan walked out with a memorial in his hand and a smile on his face.
"Your Majesty, I have been commissioned to select the next governor. After more than a month of careful selection, I finally found someone with both ability and political integrity, and asked your Majesty to take a look."
After waiting for so long, Zhu Biao became a little impatient. However, he knew that the position of governor was of great importance, so no matter how anxious he was, he never sent anyone to urge Zhang Yan.
Originally, Zhu Biao was worried that Zhang Zhen would rashly select candidates at will, but seeing that Zhang Zhen spent so much time showed his stability, and Zhu Biao couldn't help but be quite satisfied.
"Send it up!"
Zhu Biao glanced at Wang Yue with a smile.
Wang Yue hurriedly stepped down from Danbi and took Zhang Yan's memorial. He bowed his body and walked to Zhu Biao reluctantly, and respectfully presented the memorial with both hands.
Zhu Biao took the memorial and opened it to take a look. At first, there was no change in the expression on his face. But as Zhu Biao read one name after another, he soon discovered something was wrong.
After reading it again, Zhu Biao's face turned livid, and he asked in a deep voice: "You personally made the plans for these people?"
Zhang Yan lowered his head and did not see the change in Zhu Biao's expression, and quickly replied: "Back to the emperor, these are all drawn up one by one by the ministers."
Zhu Biao closed the memorial with a sudden "snap", snorted coldly, and asked sharply: "Why are they all civil servants?"
Zhang Yan suddenly felt bad when he heard the sound, and quickly raised his head, just in time to see the emperor's livid face, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva subconsciously. But at this time, can Zhang Yan admit that he was wrong?
He couldn't admit that he had eaten and drank everything he should have eaten, slept with all the women he should have slept with, and collected all the money he should have collected. If he admitted that he was wrong at this time, wouldn't that mean that the list he had drawn up would be completely invalidated?
So how does he explain to those people? If those people couldn't become governor, why not tear him alive?
"Your Majesty has absolutely no selfish motives and will definitely handle the matter impartially."
"Do it justice?" Zhu Biao angrily stood in front of Zhang Yan and shouted: "All governors are civil servants. When has this happened before?"
What made Zhu Biao angry was not only that they were all civil servants, but what made him even more angry was that he clearly knew that some officials had excellent political and military leadership skills and were the best candidates to serve as governor of the Ming Dynasty, but he read it from beginning to end. , I didn’t even see the names of these people.
Zhu Biao felt terrible just thinking about it!
