Seeing Cao Huachun leave after receiving the order, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but rub his forehead. It’s all trouble, and there’s no good news!
A group of cabinet ministers must be selected, but not just anyone can join the cabinet. If you are not familiar with political affairs and do not have many years of experience, it will be difficult to handle the affairs of the world well.
According to the practice in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, senior officials were selected through court recommendation. It can be said that the court recommendation system was a characteristic of the Ming Dynasty.
However, the system of court recommendation is not static. When it evolved into the Chongzhen Dynasty, the original Emperor Chongzhen would summon the candidates based on the list of court candidates, and then select them through interviews. In other words, if the interview passed, he would be A serious official recognized by civil servants and recognized by the emperor.
Otherwise, it will be easy to attract criticism, that is, unofficial officials may resist taking office, or the personnel department may refuse to go through the entry procedures and boycott the appointment. Such examples occurred many times in the nearly three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, during the Chongzhen period, the integrity of officials was basically gone. Most of the officials were promoted specially by the emperor, that is, they were promoted through unofficial methods, and not many people cared about it.
But in this way, the original Emperor Chongzhen always listened to what others said about so-and-so. If he thought it was okay, he called him over for a few interviews. After being fooled, he successfully took office. And this was one of the reasons why senior officials of the Chongzhen Dynasty changed jobs diligently. Because selection in this way is often unreliable.
First, the so-called recommendation is not necessarily based on someone’s true talents and knowledge, but is likely to be based on collusion of interests. Therefore, after taking office, his performance often disappoints the emperor.
Second, if it is not the result of compromise between officials, it will often be attacked by political opponents. At this time, if you can't distinguish right from wrong, you will often be punished based on the emperor's whims (being deceived), such as downgrading, dismissal, or even dismissal.
Of course, no system is perfect. At this time in the late Ming Dynasty, the civil servant group was already rotten. It would be strange if they were allowed to compromise and come up with a result. In this case, if you meet a promising king with a discerning eye and a special promotion, it can be an efficient and useful method.
But the crux of the problem is that the original Emperor Chongzhen was not able to discern pearls with a discerning eye. And today's Emperor Chongzhen is a new arrival. He doesn't know the history of the late Ming Dynasty as well as some time-travel novels about contemporary characters. History is not written by future generations. Everything, after all, you have to see with your eyes and analyze with your heart to know how a person is.
Therefore, the final decision made by Emperor Chongzhen was to have the civil service recommend multiple ministers (usually two if not specified, one principal and one reserve), and he would conduct the interview himself after the list came out. He believed that from his own perspective, it would be better than the original Emperor Chongzhen.
However, what is slightly different from the original is that before the civil officials recommended it, Emperor Chongzhen decided to set out the conditions for his job requirements, just like later generations. When drafting candidates, the officials of the Ministry of Personnel and Ke Dao must meet the conditions set by him. If the candidate given does not meet the requirements and is verified by factory guards, the personnel department and the Kedao seal officer will be jointly and severally liable.
Just like that, a preliminary conclusion has been reached on the selection of cabinet ministers. Then, Emperor Chongzhen began to think about another thing.
All the cash seized in the Royal Horse Prison case has been spent, but the subsequent money has not yet been received. Just confiscating homes is not enough, there must be a steady stream of money coming in!
But now it’s New Year’s Eve in two days, followed by the twelfth year of Chongzhen. The top priority right now is the Manchu and Qing troops raging near the capital. Everything must make way for this. As a result, the source of money may still only come from confiscating homes.
Of course, there are already targets for house confiscation. He is the original official of Jinyiwei. The new commander of the Jinyi Guards, Li Ruolian, has already presented all the charges against those people. Everything is ready, and he is just waiting for the last person.
Just as Emperor Chongzhen was thinking about it, the time he gave him had passed, and a confession from Luo Yangxing, the former commander of the Jinyi Guards, was sent from Dongchang.
Emperor Chongzhen opened it and looked at it, and found that Luo Yangxing didn't know what was going on outside and was taking a chance. He only wrote a few minor mistakes in the confession book. This is far from the accusations about him provided by Li Ruolian.
In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen was too lazy to talk nonsense and sent an order to Li Ruolian to see him. He was asked to go to Dongchang to arrest Luo Yangxing and bring him back to the Jinyiwei Prison for interrogation. After the results came out, they ransacked the homes of these former Jinyiwei officials.
Just like that, the tone of handling Jin Yiwei's matter has been set.
Thirty miles away from Jinzhou, Lu Xiangsheng and his troops were stationed here. At this time, he had learned that the main force of the Manchu army was attacking Jinzhou. However, the Manchu and Qing army's exploration horses were spread far and wide, which basically blocked the possibility of the Ming army staying up all night to explore the battle situation in Jinzhou.
In this regard, Lu Xiangsheng was also a little helpless. At this time, the army under his command, after the battle of Julu, was like a man who had exhausted all his strength and was still hungry. It was impossible for him to fight immediately.
It’s hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice! At this moment, Lu Xiangsheng felt very deeply about this.
Wang Chengen watched all this and for the first time he deeply realized the importance of logistics to the army. Even a capable person like Lu Xiangsheng was helpless without the support of logistics.
In this regard, facing Lu Xiangsheng with a serious expression, he could only comfort him: "Don't worry, I will send the good news to the capital as soon as possible. I believe that the imperial court will have some expressions after learning the news." .”
At this time, Director Gao Qiqian had no responsibility and was extremely relaxed. Thinking of the 20,000 taels of silver he had pocketed, he couldn't help but feel extremely distressed. He also spoke with a bit of yin and yang: "It's hard to say, even if there is good news, How about it? Does the imperial court still have money to reward it? Not only our family should know about this, the prince and the prince also know it in his heart, so there is no need to say these comforting words, lest I have expectations and then be disappointed! "
When Wang Chengen heard this, he was a little dissatisfied and immediately glared at him. If you, Gao Qiqian, say these depressing words at this time, wouldn't it make things worse! Do you know it affects the morale of the army?
Lu Xiangsheng saw the expressions of both of them, and he actually had expectations in his heart. The imperial court was notoriously short of money. It had been borrowing from here and there since the Three Great Conquests of Wanli, and even imposed additional taxes, but the treasury still had no money.
At this time, he agreed with what Gao Qiqian said. So what if the good news was sent back? Could the court still have money to allocate it? At most, it is just a reward for individual generals, which is of no use at all to improve the morale of the army at this time!
Just as he was thinking about it, suddenly the guards outside the tent loudly announced: "The imperial envoy has arrived!"
