Xu Youzhen's presence in the court was not very strong. After all, he was just a mere lecturer in the Hanlin Academy.
Even at the most critical moment, he had proposed moving south, but a year later, Waladu had been repulsed, and the Supreme Emperor had returned to the court. There were so many major events happening in the court, each of which was more important than the one who was defeated. The marginalized Hanlin lecturers deserve attention.
Therefore, he has naturally been forgotten by everyone for a long time.
What's more, he changed his name to a new one, so no one would recognize him.
However, when a young official stood up in the ranks of the Hanlin Academy to accept the order and thank him, many ministers recognized him.
Isn't this Chen Xun's favorite disciple Xu Jue?
No wonder, it is said that some time ago, the Ministry of Industry built a large canal. This Xu Jue, oh no, Xu Youzhen made great contributions, but he has never been rewarded.
But I never thought that I would use it at this time.
The Hanlin Minister is the sixth rank, and the Youchunfang Grand Scholar is the fifth rank, which is a proper promotion. What's more, the fifth rank of Youchunfang Bachelor is different from other fifth-rank officials.
This time, Xu Youzhen was lucky. Someone who was well-informed immediately turned his attention to Chen Xun.
You know, Xu Youzhen is said to have had a difficult time in the Hanlin Academy, but his teacher, Chen Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, has been thinking of ways to release him.
Now, Xu Youzhen has really been reused. I am afraid that it is closely related to this Chen Shangshu, and there are some divergent thinkers who directly attribute Du Ning's just statement to the intention of stuffing Xu Youzhen into the East Palace.
As we all know, Du Ning and Chen Xun also have a close relationship, so of course, everyone lamented that Chen Shangshu really worked hard for his disciple...
I didn't know that Chen Xun was beside me, and I was filled with doubts.
In fact, from the moment Yu Qian said that he would set up a yamen without preparing subordinates, his heart had gone cold.
If the East Palace is fully staffed, then there will be at least twenty or thirty official positions from the third-grade Zhanshi to the seventh-grade chief secretary.
Except for the imperial yamen like the Hanlin Academy, which was originally used as a talent reserve, no other yamen could support the transfer of such a large number of officials at one time.
In this way, he could complete the transition from observing politics to participating in politics for his disciples in the Hanlin Academy without having to do anything.
However, after being interrupted by Yu Qian, this plan was naturally abandoned.
If there are only chief officials, then the prince's official affairs must be held by important ministers. There is no doubt that the left and right Chunfang bachelors must select people with deep qualifications and outstanding knowledge to take charge. Horse, what's the point of supporting it?
Of course there was disappointment, but it only took a moment before Chen Shangshu gathered his thoughts.
After all, this was just a casual attempt by him. If he became the best, it didn't matter if he failed. He could withstand this level of failure.
However, who would have thought that something like this would happen again.
Regarding Xu Youzhen, especially after the construction of the canal, Chen Xun felt from the bottom of his heart that talents were rare, so he tried his best to help him.
However, Chen Xun felt more that this man was extremely proficient in various practical matters, so he had been planning to send him to the Ministry of Industry to be his right-hand man.
Therefore, he always wrote this way in his recommendations to the emperor, but who would have thought that he would suddenly be transferred to the East Palace...
Chen Shangshu was confused and felt the bright or dark eyes from all directions on him, but he always had a calm smile on his face.
At this time, even if it is not his plan, he still has to pretend that it is his plan.
Otherwise, it would be a shame.
Fortunately, Xu Youzhen was indeed his disciple. It was a good thing that he could enter the East Palace and hold an official position like a bachelor of Youchunfang.
The people below had different thoughts, but Zhu Qiyu didn't care.
After Xu Youzhen and the other four people thanked them, he waved his hand again, so Cheng Jing took out two memorials from the imperial case, then walked down the imperial steps and handed them into the hands of Yu Qian and Yu Shiyue respectively.
Immediately afterwards, the voice on the imperial steps sounded again, saying.
"Yu Shaobao, Yu Cifu, I have approved your memorials, and the edict has been drafted and sent to the Sixth Section."
"From now on, Yu Shan will be transferred to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Xiang Wenyao will be transferred to the position of Minister of the Ministry of War, Fang Gao will be transferred to the position of Langzhong of the Arms Department, Hong Chang will be transferred to the position of Langzhong of the Wuxuan Department, and Gie will be transferred to the position of Langzhong."
"In addition, Shen Jing, a member of the Ministry of Personnel, was promoted to the position of Langzhong of the Arsenal Department, and Li Shi, a scholar of Dongge University, was appointed to be the Minister of War."
"I have also read the memorial submitted by the Ministry of War about the border military settlements. After the next court, I will send it to all yamen. Before sealing it at the end of the year, I will ask the Ministry of War to come up with a detailed and feasible plan for checking the military settlements. , is it possible?”
This is another major news that can shock both the government and the opposition.
Naturally, there have been rumors in the court about the few people recommended by Yu Qian in the memorial. In fact, many of them have already submitted memorials to impeach Yu Qian and are waiting for the court to discuss them.
However, no one expected that the emperor would take advantage of the court discussion in the East Palace to directly bring this matter up. Moreover, it was not a discussion, but a direct edict.
Listen to what the emperor said...
"The edict has been drafted and distributed to the Sixth Section"!
This means that it is a foregone conclusion and there is no need to discuss it further.
Not to mention, there is also the matter of the military camp.
Since Yu Qian returned to Beijing, the most speculated thing in the court was what exactly he did at the border. Many people guessed that Yu Qian's border patrol was related to the military settlement.
However, after all, no one really saw the details presented by Yu Qian, so this matter did not attract as much attention as the previous one.
Although the emperor had such an attitude, there was still a censor who stood up immediately and said.
"Your Majesty, this is inappropriate. Yu Shaobao is the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the people he recommends are appointed to the posts of the Ministry of War. In addition, Yu Shaobao is one of the four officials in the Ministry of War. Yu Shaobao recommends three of them. It is suspected of forming a clique for personal gain. This case must not be done. Open, your Majesty, please think again."
Immediately afterwards, many science and technology officials began to be eager to give it a try.
However, this time, Zhu Qiyu did not remain silent. Instead, he stood up from the throne and looked down at the ministers below.
Then, everyone stopped and looked at the emperor on the imperial steps.
Under the gaze of everyone, Zhu Qiyu stood erect and spoke with a rare solemn expression.
"This time about the transfer of the Ministry of War, as well as the inventory of military camps..."
"Yu Qian did it under my order!"
As soon as the words fell, the whole room was silent, and you could hear a pin drop.
Yu Qian suddenly raised his head, with disbelief in his eyes.
In the eyes of the ministers, the emperor is wise, brave, has the world in mind, listens to advice, is kind and generous, and has become the best king in the eyes of everyone since he took the throne for more than a year.
What is even more rare is that although he holds great power, he does not act arbitrarily. On the contrary, he is able to take into account the overall situation and make decisions through multi-party deliberation, with the community as the top priority.
This is in sharp contrast to a certain emperor who did not listen to dissuasion and acted recklessly, so that although the elders did not say it, they were very happy in their hearts that Ming Dynasty was now the emperor.
Therefore, when Yu Qian recommended his cronies to join the Ministry of War, even if he was a confidant of the emperor, everyone's first reaction would be that Yu Qian was seeking personal gain, rather than that the emperor was secretly instructing him to fight for power.
However, today, at the court meeting and in front of all the ministers, the emperor said clearly...
Everything Yu Qian did was out of God's will!
After a moment of extreme silence, there was a burst of low-pitched discussion. After the officials reacted, they couldn't help but whisper to each other even though they knew it was not the right time.
The ceremony officer cracked his whip, and the court became quiet again. Then, a gray-haired official wearing a fengxian robe came forward and cupped his hands.
"Your Majesty, the investigation of the military cantons is under the control of the Ministry of War, so there is nothing wrong with it. However, Fang Gao, Hong Chang, and Gie Tie are all close to Yu Qian. If he is transferred to the Ministry of War as a doctor, he may be suspected of controlling the Ministry of War. Your Majesty, please be clear. Take back your life."
The speaker is Li Ke, Zhou Jian.
This person had a good reputation in the court, and was known for being honest and self-responsible without fear of the powerful.
Unlike many young talents in the court, Zhou Jian was a typical late bloomer. He took the examination nine times. At the age of forty-five, he reluctantly won the Jinshi and entered the official career.
He was first appointed as a censor and patrolled Jiangxi Province. He accomplished a great thing the year he took office.
Jiangxi has always had a prosperous literary style, and there have been many scholars and scholars. There are as many officials in the court as crucian carp crossing the river, and naturally there are also some who are important ministers.
Therefore, patrolling Jiangxi is not a good thing. If you are not careful, you will offend the powerful.
The person Zhou Jian offended at that time was none other than Mr. Chen Xunchen, then a Hanlin scholar, cabinet minister, and now Minister of Industry.
At that time, Zhou Jian inspected to Taihe County, Jiangxi Province, and received complaints from the people, accusing Chen Xun's son Chen Rong of seizing people's fields and taking people's daughters as concubines.
After the errand, he did not hesitate and immediately sent someone to arrest Chen Rong, notifying the Chen family to return the land to the people, release the women who had been raped, and compensate them with silver and silk.
With Chen Xun as an official in Beijing, how could the Chen family bow their heads and disobey a little censor?
As a result, Zhou Jian went directly to the county government and gave Chen Rong a fifty-fifty stick, and notified Chen again that if he continued not to obey, Chen Rong would be paraded through the streets.
The Chen family is from a scholarly family and has a good reputation. They can accept anything else, but if they really do it like parading in the streets, the Chen family will be completely unable to gain a foothold in Taihe County.
Therefore, he had no choice but to bow his head and accept the punishment.
Later, when the incident spread to the capital, Chen Xun was naturally angry and felt that the new censor was a bit disrespectful.
You know, everyone is an official in the same court, no matter how flattering they are, they must always leave some room for each other.
Normally, when encountering such a thing, the censors would first notify the elders at court, and then ask the clan to ask the family to deal with it. In fact, there are not many people like Zhou Jian who openly slap him in the face.
However, being angry, Chen Xun couldn't say much. After all, it was his son who committed the crime first, so he just wrote a letter back and asked the elders of the clan to deal with Chen Rong again.
However, what I didn't expect was that this incident spread more and more widely, and Zhou Jian became famous and was transferred to the capital and became a subordinate of the official department. However, Chen Xun lost the reputation of being incompetent in educating his children. Among scholars, the reputation is bad.
This had to make Mr. Chen have a grudge. Therefore, when he saw this guy popping out, Mr. Chen frowned subconsciously, and his face looked a little unhappy.
But now it was obviously the emperor's home court. Chen Xun was not blind enough to jump out at this time, but he couldn't help but sneered in his heart, waiting to see Zhou Jian defeated.
Sure enough, after Zhou Jian stood up, the emperor also turned his attention to him and asked.
"Control the Ministry of War? In Zhou's case, tell me, what constitutes control? Because all three of them were recommended by Yu Qian, do you think that after they are promoted to the Ministry of War, they will only follow Yu Qian's orders?"
Zhou Jian felt that this was not easy to answer, so he hesitated for a moment and did not answer immediately.
However, Zhu Qiyu didn't need his answer.
At this time, if someone else came to stop him, he might have to spend more words, but Zhou Jian didn't need to, because...
"In the affairs of Zhou Dynasty, it is said that internal promotion should not avoid relatives and external promotion should not avoid enemies. Recruiting talents for the country is also the duty of ministers. How can we conclude that the recommended people will have no principles and be sycophants? ?”
"If I remember correctly, at the beginning of this year the Jiangxi Provincial Examination was chaired by Zhou Gishizhong, right?"
Zhou Jian's expression changed, and he suddenly realized something.
Sure enough, the next moment, the emperor said.
"In this Jiangxi Provincial Examination, there is a scholar named Peng Hua, who ranked second in the Provincial Examination and was awarded the title of Yayuan. Can this person be recognized by Zhou Ji?"
At this moment, Zhou Jian's head immediately lowered.
Of course he knew this person. Not only did he know him, but he also had a close relationship with him.
However, he did not expect that the emperor's information channels would extend to such an extent, and the emperor himself, who only had to deal with all kinds of things every day, could even record such a mere minister and a juren who had never even entered an official career. heart.
Are the forces of Dongchang and Jinyiwei really so terrifying?
Zhou Jian was secretly shocked.
But it only took a moment before he raised his head.
He felt no guilt about this matter and naturally had no need to avoid it.
"Reporting to your majesty, I dare not lie to you. This scholar Peng Hua, named Yayuan, is my mentor!"
As soon as he said this, countless eyes with various meanings suddenly looked at Zhou Jian in the court.
I have to say that this kind of relationship is indeed fascinating.
However, Zhou Jian said frankly.
"Your Majesty clearly knows that Peng Hua was selected as Ya Yuan because of his outstanding talent and learning, and not because of any malpractice committed by his ministers for personal gain. During the provincial examination, his name was copied and recorded, and the examination was closed. The minister did not violate the rules at all. Peng Hua's test paper is still there today. It is sealed in the Ministry of Rites and someone can be sent to check it, but the person has real talent and knowledge and can be called Ya Yuan."
However, having said that, there are very few elders in the court who can't think too much about it.
You know, everyone has gone through the imperial examination, and the secrets are naturally clear.
Cheating in the examination room is the lowest and most risky approach.
The rural examination is different from the general examination. The topics are determined by the emperor himself. The topics of the rural examination are randomly selected after the chief examiner and the deputy examiner agree on a few.
In this case, if one's descendants and relatives are participating in the scientific examination, wouldn't it be safer to reveal anything casually than cheating in the examination room?
So in fact, when the relationship between Zhou Jian and Peng Hua was revealed, he would have a hard time defending it, unless Peng Hua could prove his strength, but obviously, that is not possible now.
Because, up to now, no examination has been held during the Jingtai period.
At the same time, just like Zhou Jian, the ministers below were also surprised that the emperor's information channels were so wide and his thoughts were so detailed that he could even take such trivial matters into his mind...
