In the Wuying Hall, Zhu Qiyu read the list and glanced at the people who were still waiting eagerly. He didn't think too much and started to write down the final list.
However, just such a glance made his eyes suddenly focus on something. He turned sideways and asked Wynn. After getting the latter's reply, the pen that Zhu Qiyu originally raised suddenly changed its direction.
Soon, the results came out. Wynn stepped forward with the final list in hand, and a loud voice sounded in the hall, saying.
"I have ordered Wang Yining, the Minister of Rites, to be transferred to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel..."
Well, not surprisingly...
Everyone below nodded, but there was no surprise. After all, Wang Yining had stayed in the position of Minister of Rites for too long. It would be unreasonable if he couldn't move this time.
What is really worthy of concern is who will be chosen as the other minister. Therefore, after only a short period of time, everyone raised their heads again and looked at Wynn.
Then, they saw His Majesty the Emperor stand up from his throne, turn around, and leave...
At the same time, Wynn also left immediately.
? ? ?
There was a brief moment of silence in Wuying Palace, but someone soon realized that the emperor had just left like this?
In other words, the emperor only ordered Wang Yining, but not the other minister?
This Tingtui had such a big battle, and the final result ended like this?
After reacting, a burst of noise suddenly erupted in the palace, and even the seven ministers at the front couldn't help but look at each other in confusion.
What does this mean?
Are you dissatisfied with the results of the trial, or do you simply not want to award another minister now?
However, even if he is dissatisfied with the result, he should at least say something. Moreover, if the emperor does not want to confer an official position, then directly rejecting Ting Tui's proposal from the beginning means that now that there is such a big battle, But it ended so hastily, which is not the emperor's usual style.
As a result, many people looked at Wang Wen, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, who was presiding over this court promotion. Seeing this situation, Wang Wen pondered for a moment and said a few words to the seven ministers next to him. Everyone nodded. .
Afterwards, Wang Wen hurriedly announced that the court push was over and dismissed all the ministers in the palace. These six important ministers, plus Zhang Min and Yu Shiyue from the cabinet, did not leave, but ordered someone to hand over a sign to see them.
The chamberlain came out quickly, but did not refuse their request to meet, but...
"My lords, Your Majesty has given orders. The morning court has just ended. You must be hungry. The Queen has just sent breakfast, so she ordered our family to send some to you. Please have breakfast in the side hall first, and then Call for summons."
After leading everyone to the side hall, the eunuch who came to deliver the order politely bowed his hands and spoke with a smile.
Immediately, without waiting for anyone to react, he waved and asked the people below to each serve a few portions of breakfast.
All the ministers present were also smart people, so they naturally understood the true meaning of the words. The meaning of these words was that the emperor wanted breakfast, so let them wait!
After looking at each other, everyone did not continue to entangle. Indeed, Ting Tui had been there for a long time, and they themselves were a little hungry.
At their level, it is common for them to be given meals in the palace, so after thanking them, the elders began to eat in the side hall with peace of mind.
Of course, as usual, on such occasions, no court affairs were discussed during the banquet. The elders talked about some ancient and modern anecdotes and local customs while eating, and the atmosphere was considered harmonious.
On the other side, in the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Qiyu had breakfast, but was still wearing casual clothes. He did not rush to change clothes to summon the ministers, but lay down on the couch to take a nap.
After more than half an hour passed, Wynn stepped forward lightly and reported.
"Your Majesty, Eunuch Shu is here to reply."
So, Zhu Qiyu opened his eyes and sat up straight.
In fact, when he was just recommended, he originally planned to wait and see what happened, select the top two candidates as usual, and then see how things would develop. However, that casual glance made him change his mind.
Therefore, he hurriedly ended the trial, and after returning to Qianqing Palace, he immediately summoned Shu Liang and asked him to verify his thoughts. Fortunately, this matter should not be difficult to investigate. Now, there should be probably As a result, Zhu Qiyu nodded slightly and ordered.
"Let him in."
After a while, Shu Liang walked quickly to the palace in a dusty appearance. After saluting, he said.
"Your Majesty is as wise as you think. In the past few days, Jin Shangshu's residence in the Ministry of Punishment is recruiting good doctors from all over the capital. I tried my best to find a doctor who had been there for treatment. I replied, "Jin Shangshu Recently, the left half of my body has been unable to control my movements, and I sometimes have blurry vision. I'm afraid...it's a precursor to a stroke."
"how so?"
Zhu Qiyu looked startled and slightly surprised.
Indeed, at Jin Lian's age, it is not surprising to have such a disease. Moreover, in his previous life, Jin Lian did die of illness this year. However, this life is different from the previous life. Many things have changed. Not only are everyone's circumstances and official positions different, but their life spans are also very different from those in previous lives.
Take Jin Lian himself as an example. According to his previous life, he should have died of illness in February of the fifth year of Jingtai. However, this time has long passed. At that time, Zhu Qiyu specially sent an imperial doctor to Jin Lian's residence for diagnosis and treatment. The reply was He is in good health and has no problems.
In addition, there is Wang Yining, who is also a typical example. He was originally supposed to die of illness in the third year of Jingtai. However, although he also suffered from a serious illness in the third year of Jingtai in this life, he still survived and lived well until his death. Now, after such an illness, my body is much stronger.
Zhu Qiyu later thought about the reasons for this. In the end, he felt that the biggest reason for this situation was probably the different circumstances of each person. In this life, whether it was Wang Yining or Jin Lian, their official positions, errands, and even What they have done and experienced are very different. These different encounters may have led their lives to different directions.
So later on, he slowly forgot about this matter. Until today, during the court meeting, he accidentally glanced down and found that Jin Lian was missing from the queue of important ministers. , then I realized something.
After hearing this, Shu Liang lowered his head and replied.
"Your Majesty, Jin Shangshu has been ill for some time. Before I came, I asked several adults from the Ministry of War to ask. They said that since about three months ago, Jin Shangshu has often felt low in energy. , However, the Ministry of Punishment has always had frequent major cases. After the emperor had completed the few cases he had ordered before, he turned around and started to deal with the backlog of cases. The ministry was heavy in workload, so Jin Shangshu had not allowed his subordinates to tell anyone about his condition. I found a doctor privately to nurse him back to health."
"The doctor that I found also said that Jin Shangshu's health is related to overwork and mental depression. If this continues, Jin Shangshu is very likely to have a stroke. The best way is to have a good rest and recuperate his body."
As soon as the words fell, Huai En also came back and sent an official document to the imperial cabinet. This was just transferred from the Ministry of Personnel. In the past month, officials in Beijing had asked for leave.
Zhu Qiyu glanced at it and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Sure enough, in the past month, Jin Lian had taken leave five times. Although he returned to the Yamen office every one or two days each time, he could not help but take leave so frequently. It can be seen that his physical condition is indeed not optimistic.
Leaning gently on the back of the chair, Zhu Qiyu slowly knocked on the imperial case in front of him, with thoughts in his heart.
The leave system for Beijing officials is not complicated. Generally speaking, as long as it does not exceed three days, you only need to notify the Ministry of Personnel. If it exceeds three days, you need to draw up a form, explain the specific situation to the Ministry of Personnel, and file it. .
Jin Lian's leave didn't last long each time, and with his status, the officials in the Ministry of Personnel would not be quick to ask questions. Therefore, after such a period of time, Zhu Qiyu did not notice the changes in Jin Lian. .
However, in this way, the last piece of the puzzle has been put together. After understanding Jin Lian's physical condition, the two questions that were still bothering Zhu Qiyu became completely clear.
The first is Luo Qi. He and Jin Lian are old friends. He was able to enter the mission before because of Jin Lian's recommendation. It can be said that in today's DPRK, Jin Lian is Luo Qi's backstage.
However, looking at Jin Lian's current physical condition, if he continues to work hard, he may not be able to hold on and collapse before long. But if he petitions to become an official or to take a long leave to go home to recuperate, then the Ministry of Punishment The position of Minister must be handed over to others.
No matter what the situation is, it is always bad news for Luo Qi, so he naturally needs to find a new backer. At this time, if Chen Mao comes to visit, Luo Qi may not be tempted.
After all, although the civil and military powers of the DPRK and China are clearly distinct, the status and strength of the nobles in the DPRK should not be underestimated.
Of course, it cannot be concluded that Luo Qi has taken refuge in Nangong. It is also possible that he just wanted to make good friends with Xungui, so he agreed to recommend Zhang Rui. The specific situation needs to be further investigated, but this is also It's nothing more than the depth of their relationship.
Chen Mao works for Nangong, and even if he doesn't tell Luo Qi about it now, Luo Qi will always tell him when she does more things for him in the future.
Secondly, and most importantly, it is Chen Xun!
His various seemingly strange actions before became clear after he obtained the last piece of the puzzle.
Now, Zhu Qiyu had to overturn all his previous guesses about Chen Xun. This minister of the Ministry of Industry, the leader of Qingliu in its heyday, was not thinking about finding a successor for himself at all. He was not even looking for a successor. ally.
His purpose from beginning to end is to make himself go further...
Ministry of Justice!
Among the six ministries, if we only look at functions without considering the style of the chief officials of each ministry, then the Ministry of Personnel comes first, followed by the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War, then the Ministry of Punishments and the Ministry of Rites, and finally the Ministry of Works.
However, the current situation is different. After Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne, he further strengthened the functions of the Ministry of Punishment and gave the Ministry of Punishment the power to interrogate imperial officials that was originally only available to Jinyiwei. At the same time, successive major cases were under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Punishment. In addition to the frequent personnel changes in Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment further usurped some of the functions that originally belonged to Dali Temple.
The current Ministry of Punishment, in addition to being responsible for criminal cases all over the world, has further expanded to be able to interrogate court officials. It occupies an absolutely dominant position in the three-division joint trial required for major cases involving court officials.
This expansion of authority has made the Ministry of Punishments second only to the Ministry of Personnel in terms of functions, and can stand shoulder to shoulder with the Ministry of Household Affairs. It is not an exaggeration to say that these three ministries are in a tripartite position.
The Ministry of Personnel is in charge of the selection and promotion of officials, which is related to the future of the officials. The Ministry of Revenue is in charge of money and food, and is responsible for the monetary accounting of various yamen, which is related to the pockets of officials. After the rise of the Ministry of Punishment, its functions have been expanded to include interrogation. Whether officials have committed illegal acts is related to their reputation and even their lives. From this point of view, in terms of status in the DPRK, the Ministry of War may not be able to catch up with today's Ministry of Justice.
In the past, the reason why the Ministry of War was dazzling was more often due to the excellence of Yu Qian, the former Minister of the Ministry of War, rather than the functional influence of the Ministry of War.
So under this situation, once Jin Lian's health has problems and the position of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment becomes vacant, it will naturally arouse the covetousness of many people.
If Chen Xun's goal from the beginning was to be the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, then many things can be explained.
The post of Minister of Punishment is vacant, so there are several sources of replacement.
First of all, they were transferred from among the other seven ministers. But among the current seven ministers, there is no need to consider the official department and the household department. They will definitely not give up their existing positions to fight for the punishment department. Hu Xi of the ritual department is indifferent to the world, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate Chen Yi is now ill in bed and cannot participate in the fight. The remaining Wang Ao has just been transferred to the Ministry of War not long ago. Now he has just straightened out the affairs of the ministry, and there is not much hope of fighting for it.
Therefore, among the seven ministers, Chen Xun is the only suitable candidate.
However, this is only the first way. In addition to being directly transferred from Qi Qing, it is more likely that other officials will be promoted.
If we talk about promotion, then the scope is much wider. First of all, the first rank is the cabinet minister, who is given the title of minister, but ignores the minister's affairs and transfers from a false position to a real position, which is the least difficult. However, among the current cabinet, Luo Qi , Xiao Han, and Sun Yuanzhen have only been in the cabinet for a short time and do not have enough strength.
Zhang Min does have a chance, but it hasn't been long since he was promoted to be the first assistant. Moreover, Chen Xun is much stronger than Zhang Min in terms of ability, qualifications or connections. Even if he has to fight, he is not afraid.
Therefore, for Chen Xun, the biggest threat to him is the second minister of the cabinet who is now able to rank among the important ministers in the court... Yu Shiyue!
(End of chapter)
