In Zhu Jingyuan's memory of his previous life, the first thing most new emperors had to do after they succeeded to the throne was to quickly control the situation inside and outside the court.
There are generally two directions for controlling the situation. The first is to place the people you trust most in the most important positions.
The second is to reach a compromise with the major forces inside and outside the court so that as many people as possible are willing to accept his orders.
Therefore, in ancient times, when a new emperor ascended the throne, he would often grant a general amnesty to the world and appoint hundreds of officials. There was also a saying that there was an emperor and a courtier.
An emperor who succeeds normally has less difficulty controlling the situation. Because most of the neutral factions who don't have much ambition will accept the orthodox heir as the new emperor as a matter of course.
Anyway, there must be an emperor, and the orthodox heir will take the throne, which will have the least impact on the situation. With the majority of neutral factions not objecting, the new emperor can complete his layout relatively smoothly.
Even if some people who hold certain important positions also have ambitions to improve their status, the emperor can usually stabilize them by giving them appropriate comfort and rewards.
Facing the orthodox heirs, it is too difficult to rebel and cause trouble, and they usually just give up.
It is more difficult for an emperor who succeeds abnormally to control the situation. He must first appease the neutrals and make them believe or accept that he is the most suitable candidate.
Then there are the deals to be made with restless elements. The most important thing is to suppress their competitors and quickly complete a substantial coup.
However, regardless of whether the succession is normal or not, some power or benefits must be transferred to some extent, and various groups must be appeased.
Let conservative people believe that they will not change the situation, and allow radical people to accept their own direction.
What Zhu Jingyuan should do now is actually the same. The difference is that I don't need to be as urgent as the emperors in my previous life to complete it.
There is no need for him to write an imperial edict without hesitation, recruit some special subordinates to Beijing to support him immediately, and he also does not need to let certain people take over certain positions immediately.
Under normal circumstances, he does not need to compromise with any forces inside and outside the court. Because he did not ascend the throne after his father died.
His father is still here, and even his grandfather is still here. Now the forces inside and outside the court are still under the control of his father.
The father will gradually transfer these forces to himself. I can operate as safely as possible, summon the necessary people to the capital step by step, and gradually take over the important positions left by my father's people.
His father is still in good health, and it is not impossible for him to live to be over eighty like his grandfather.
In this situation, there is no need to specifically transfer power and interests. However, rewards in terms of money and reputation still have to be given, and Zhu Jingyuan has always been generous in this regard.
After becoming emperor, there are only a very limited number of orders that must be issued immediately.
Zhu Jingyuan was a little surprised to succeed to the throne today, but he was well prepared for the succession itself. He had already made plans in his mind. After watching all the civil and military officials below sit down, Zhu Jingyuan spoke directly.
First of all, Pan Shien, the chief judge of the country of food and concurrently the chief envoy of Dongmozhou, was recruited to Beijing to take over the post of Shangshu of the Ministry of Personnel left by him.
Then Lin Zexu and Niu Jian, the two chiefs of the palace staff, were conferred as cabinet bachelors to take over the daily affairs of the Wenhua Hall and the cabinet, the de facto office of the Ming emperor, as well as the channels for transmitting information and orders.
At the same time, the two were asked to draw up a formal appointment plan for all their staff. The most important position that must be filled immediately is the Minister of Civil Affairs, and one's true direct lineage must be used to take over.
Not only is this position important, it must be held by someone who has absolute trust. On the other hand, as a leader,
If you are "promoted", you should also bring your own direct descendants
"Together progress". Otherwise, most of the ordinary courtiers who can be regarded as bystanders may think that they are mean and ungrateful in their hearts.
Although I have always had a reputation for being generous, for those who don't want to do it, hearing is deceptive, and seeing is believing.
Zhu Jingyuan's earliest absolute direct descendants were Lin Zexu, Niu Jian, and Guan Tianpei. Lin Zexu and Niu Jian were aides, so they directly entered the cabinet as bachelors.
Guan Tianpei is a military attache and is currently the naval commander of the Dashi Kingdom. Zhu Jingyuan plans to transfer him to the Chinese Army Commander's Mansion as the deputy commander in charge of the navy.
Behind the three of them were Liu Zhixin, the first chief minister of the Dashi Kingdom, Xu Minghui, the first trial judge, and Pan Shien, who was transferred to the past in the first year of Ankang.
There was also Wang Yinzhi who went with Pan Shien, but Wang Yinzhi was actually the prefect of Crete. He was an official of the imperial court at that time, but he also served as the right chief historian of the Dashi Kingdom.
Pan Shien is a full-time official of the Food Kingdom. Strictly speaking in terms of seniority, Liu Zhixin and Xu Minghui are slightly earlier than Pan Shien, but the difference is not big.
Because Pan Shien was later transferred from the Ming Dynasty. However, Liu Zhixin and Xu Minghui did not directly follow Zhu Jingyuan after entering politics. Both of them were officials of the original vassal states in the Persian Gulf. After the vassals were withdrawn and merged, those princes and princes stayed in their posts and transferred to the Dashi Kingdom.
In addition, Liu and Xu are both
An "honest person" has a stubborn and rigid personality, and it is difficult for him to do his job as a minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. So Zhu Jingyuan gave Pan Shien the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and after a few days there was room in the court, he arranged for Liu and Xu to go to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple.
Theoretically speaking, when he was the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the two ministers of the Ministry of Civil Affairs who were his deputies were also considered his own.
However, their identities in their own system are too marginal, so they were the last to join.
If I let one of them be the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and not let real elders like Pan Shien and Liu Zhixin come, the two of them will feel uneasy and may even be scared to resign.
Even if they are among their own people, they must be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. If the gap is too big, they cannot compete for positions, otherwise they may arouse the anger of similar people in the entire system.
To a certain extent, this can be regarded as the official rule of the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, there was Wang Tingzhen, the chief minister of Otsuka, in the Ministry of Personnel Affairs.
Wang Tingzhen is sixty-three years old and can arrange to retire at any time now. But he will not let him retire immediately. He will continue to coach Pan Shien for two to three years.
Pan Shien served as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and became familiar with the affairs of the Ministry of Personnel with his superior Wang Tingzhen and his subordinates. When the time comes, arrangements will be made for Wang Tingzhen to retire, and Pan Shien will be promoted to Zhongzai.
At this time, the original Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Personnel can be promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Personnel normally. This way, allowing Pan Shien to jump in line to provide a buffer was very consistent with the tradition of officialdom.
Pan Shien is already fifty years old this year. His promotion to Shangshu can be considered relatively fast, but it is still within a reasonable range.
Moreover, Pan Shien is still in Dongmozhou, so there is no way for him to come out directly to thank him now. However, Lin Zexu and Niu Jian were both present.
Both of them have just turned thirty-five this year, and now they are already in high positions. The bachelor is the pinnacle of the staff system. There will be no substantial promotion in the future, but the level will continue to be improved.
A bachelor's degree is of the second grade by default. If the emperor feels that a certain bachelor's degree is too young, he may lower his rank.
Let the other party enter that with a rank of 3rd or even 4th grade. But Zhu Jingyuan would not do this. Since Lin Zexu and Niu Jian were both capable, they would directly give them the second rank.
Even if the two of them don't make any obvious achievements in the future, even if they have to wait for three terms and nine years to advance to the first level, they should be promoted to the first level at the age of fifty-three.
When you retire, you will definitely need to get a title, at least a viscount, and maybe even an earl.
Unless the two of them are directly planning to jump from the staff to the outer court and start over again, their career has reached its peak.
The two of them have been looking forward to this for a long time. When I was in Dashi Country, I seriously considered whether to take this path.
The two of them were worried that if they chose this way, Zhu Jingyuan would think that they had no ambition... but they decided to stay after receiving a direct invitation from Zhu Jingyuan.
Now that Zhu Jingyuan said this order, both of them came out with emotion and excitement and bowed to express their gratitude.
The other staff members were also joyful at the same time. Zhu Jingyuan did not appoint them directly, but he mentioned it specifically.
Let Lin Zexu and Niu Jian discuss and come up with a plan. It is to give a group of Hanlin bachelors, bachelors of the Imperial Academy, and bachelors of the Imperial Academy official positions in the Hanlin Academy.
Although the current official positions in the Hanlin Academy are similar to honorary titles, they are actually the emperor's staff and secretaries.
It has long been no longer the most noble civil official title before the Chongzhen Dynasty. But with these honors that have been passed down for hundreds of years, no staff member does not like the title Hanlin.
Apart from the Grand Bachelor, this is the pinnacle of the staff. If nothing else happens, the emperor should take aim directly.
Zhu Jingyuan looked at his staff with a smile, nodded slightly and announced the holiday: "There are many things involved in moving the capital. You must adapt to the new environment as soon as possible and restore the original work efficiency.
"Starting from tomorrow, there will be no morning court for three days. The ministers will concentrate on the work at hand.
"If you have something particularly important, you can go to the Wenhua Hall alone to see you.
"Okay, that's it for today's court meeting." The officials on the scene also stood up immediately and bowed to Zhu Jingyuan to salute and see him off: "Your Majesty." After Zhu Jingyuan got up and left the hall, the officials on the scene began to get up and leave one after another.
Lu Yinpu looked at Wang Tingzhen next to him and said something strangely: "Otsuka Zai, hurry up and write a resignation letter. You should have retired long ago..." Wang Tingzhen is sixty-three years old this year, and she has indeed passed the theoretical retirement date. age.
However, the former emperor Zhu Jianyan persuaded him to stay, because at that time Zhu Jingyuan was familiar with the work of the Minister of Civil Affairs.
Now that the new emperor has succeeded to the throne, he has also specifically announced a three-day cessation of morning court. These three days are not entirely to allow officials to adapt to the environment.
It also gives the veterans time to take the initiative to write a resignation letter. According to the current practice of the Ming Dynasty, all officials of the third rank or above who are over sixty years old and should retire according to regulations must specifically submit their resignation to the emperor and obtain the emperor's permission before they can retire.
Officials below the third rank do not need to go through the normal procedures when they reach the age. Especially in the first two years before a new emperor takes the throne, the old emperor usually does not allow these veteran ministers to resign.
Every time a new emperor succeeds to the throne, it is the time when there are the most retired ministers in the court. After the new emperor succeeded to the throne, these old ministers asked the new emperor to resign.
The new emperor must arrange for people who are at his disposal to take over certain important positions. Will approve the resignation letter of the veteran in the corresponding position, but basically the veteran will be promoted to another level and retired.
Wang Tingzhen's Otsuka Prime Minister was the most important position in the imperial court, so Lu Yinpu came out to ridicule him. Now Wang Tingzhen is not angry at all. Instead, she strokes her beard and smiles back and says: "Of course I can write a letter of invitation, but I guess I will have to work hard for a few more years."
"I have to bring another minister to your Majesty." Lu Yinpu is also a good person. When Wang Tingzhen said this, he immediately understood the current situation.
Pan Shien has been working in Dongmozhou, and he came directly to be the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. It would be really troublesome if there was no one on top to take him.
Zhu Jingyuan, who has become the emperor, probably does not have much time to personally handle the handover for Pan Shien. The natural choice is to let the old guy Wang Tingzhen work for a few more years.
Lu Yinpu couldn't help frowning immediately, and then he quickly came up with a new idea: "If you can even be retained, I will probably have to work hard for a few more years..." Wang Tingzhen blew his beard and was not in a very good mood. joy.
Indeed, the sixty-year-old Situ Lu Yinpu could be regarded as Zhu Jingyuan's man to a certain extent. When Zhu Jingyuan was governor of Beimozhou and the Daqinhai area, Lu Yinpu happened to be sent there as the chief envoy of Beimo.
At the same time, Lu Yinpu was still Wang Tingzhen's recognized enemy in court, and the two had been quarreling in the court for several years.
In order not to appear to treat his own people harshly, the new emperor had to keep Lu Yinpu while keeping Wang Tingzhen.
Anyway, Lu Yinpu is the emperor's own man, and he has done a good job in charge of financial work in recent years. The key is that he just turned 60 this year, and there is really no need for him to retire immediately.
The two of them were blowing their beards and staring at each other. Uncle Zongzhong passed by Shen Zhongzhong, smiling and arching his hands towards them.
The two of them subconsciously returned the favor, and since they couldn't continue the quarrel, they followed Shen Fu out.
Among the nine ministers and ministers in the court, who has the most stable position, it is probably Shen Fu.
He is the most peculiar direct descendant of two generations of emperors among the important ministers of the Nine Qing Dynasty. Shen Fu was born in Honglu Temple. Before the end of the world war, the position in Honglu Temple was not very important.
When Shen Fu was forty years old, he became the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple with a rank equivalent to that of a minister. The minister of Honglu Temple at that time was the former emperor Zhu Jianyan.
During the armistice negotiations of the World War, Zhu Jianyan was transferred to the Zongren Academy. Zhu Jingyuan came out to act as the minister of Honglu Temple and became Shen Fu's boss.
At that time, Shen Fu accompanied Zhu Jingyuan to preside over the armistice agreement negotiations. The main negotiation strategy was done by Zhu Jingyuan, while the management of the entire mission and the completion of the actual agreement were all done by Shen Fu.
After the negotiation, Zhu Jianyan succeeded to the throne as emperor, and Shen Fu was naturally promoted to minister of Honglu Temple.
At that time, Shen Fu was only forty-two years old and had already become a minister-level official. Later, various ministries in the imperial court were reformed and Jiuqing was established. Huang Yue, the former Minister of Rites, retired after becoming a Zongbo. Shen Fu followed suit and became Zongbo according to seniority.
From a less important diplomat, he became an important minister in charge of all culture and education. In the end, he was promoted to the first-level Da Zongbo according to his seniority.
The key is that he is only fifty-seven years old this year, not yet the retirement age at all, and his official career is extremely smooth.
Of course, Lu Yinpu and Wang Tingzhen are definitely not bumpy. In fact, the resumes of all the nine ministers can be described as glamorous.
After all, the limit of retirement at sixty is stuck on it. If your career ahead is not smooth, if there are too many obstacles and mistakes, you will miss the opportunity when you should be promoted.
Then there may be no chance of reaching this level in retirement. The senior bureaucrats in the imperial court returned to their respective departments, handling official business or writing resignations in various moods.
Lin Zexu and the new emperor's staff headed by Niu Jian went to the Wenhua Hall to familiarize themselves with the new office.
