Chapter 719 The strange court

Li Dongyang adheres to the principle.

Without recommending candidates yourself, first oppose the people recommended by the emperor, find faults in them, and attack them while opposing them, such as "freshman, with little experience", so as to stabilize one's own position first. position.

Led by Li Dongyang, there were many voices of opposition in Chaoshang.

My general opinion is that this person cannot be used.

If you use it, it will harm the country and the people, and make fun of Ming's military and political affairs. We always think it is not suitable, so he is not suitable. As for who is more suitable, we don't know. Anyway, what we say is what we say. Inherent stereotypes, or prejudices, please do not challenge us.

Zhu Youtang seems to have been familiar with the routines of this group of people for a long time. He said: "So, the Tang Qing family is not suitable? Then I want to hear, who is more suitable? Which ones do you recommend? Come up personally."

The scene suddenly became quiet again.

Compared with Tang Yin, even Ma Zhongxi and Shi Lin, whom Li Dongyang wants to recommend, look a little inferior.

Because the person who is still on the front line of the battlefield is neither Wang Shouren, nor Wang Qiong, nor Yang Yiqing, the governor of Liaodong, but Tang Yin.

Lin Han, who had just been promoted to Minister of Civil Affairs, came out, which surprised everyone present. Just when everyone thought he would agree with the emperor's opinion, he said in an understatement: "Your Majesty, Tang Yin is here now. Where? But I can be transferred at any time?"

It seems to be agreeing, but it seems to be posing a problem to the emperor.

Zhu Youtang’s face was calm and he didn’t say anything.

Chen Kuan on the side said: "You may not know that Tang Yin has led tens of thousands of North Korean soldiers and horses deep into the hinterland of Nurgandusi. Now he has been cut off from Liaodong for half a month or even... a month. Specifically, The situation is unknown.”

In fact, Chen Kuan was also helpless.

I wanted to recommend Lu Wan, but the emperor made his attitude clear when he came up, so how could he, Chen Kuan, recommend candidates?

This will give the emperor a good reason, that is, Tang Yin cannot be transferred yet, so it is better to wait until next time.

Lin Han said: "I led the troops to fight in Liaodong and lost all traces of them. How can I be transferred to the three sides? The veteran believes that this matter should be discussed in the long term."

The civil servants present looked at Lin Han with admiration.

You old man Lin, now that you have been promoted to Minister of Civil Affairs, you have really begun to take responsibility. You actually opposed the emperor's opinions on our behalf and stated the reasons so pertinently. It is really gratifying.

Zhu Youtang said: "Irrespective of whether Tang Yin can be transferred to the three sides, please tell me, is there anyone more suitable than him? Or you can bring out a few more people to discuss and compare the advantages and disadvantages. ."

No one answered.

From the perspective of civil servants, our objection is opposition, but if we really want to find out what Tang Yin is not good at, we can basically only talk about it from the fact that he has little experience as an official.

In the three years he has been an official, he has fought many battles.It can be something that no one else can experience in a lifetime, and he also conducted a successful coup in North Korea. He is regarded by the North Koreans as the father of the country. He never hides behind when fighting, but charges forward. As for the achievements he has achieved Or there is still a gap between Wang Shouren and others, but who said that leading troops must be judged by how many enemies they kill?

Can we say that Tang Yin was unsuccessful?

He has managed to sneak into the position of Ji Liao General Secretary. Isn’t this considered a success?

A Ji-Liao leader personally leads troops on the front line. Isn’t this called “forge ahead”? So what does it mean to be enterprising?

"If you neither agree with the candidates I proposed, nor recommend new candidates, what are you going to do?" Zhu Youtang looked unhappy.

I have seen irresponsible ministers, and I have never seen a bunch of miscreants like you. In terms of overall quality, you are not as good as the previous batch. At least for the first few years, Ma Wensheng, Bai Ang, and Xu People like Qiong and Xu Guan did not shrink back when discussing matters in the court.

One crop is worse than the other.

At this moment, Lu Wan suddenly came out and said: "I also believe that Tang Yin is the best candidate to take charge of the military affairs of the three sides. With his military governor, he will definitely be able to make the Tatars retreat. Ming Dynasty The border can be kept stable."

The ministers present were not surprised when Lu Wan came out to speak, because in their view, Lu Wan and Tang Yin were originally on the same team, and Lu Wan did not come out to support him at this time. Tang Yin, who else should it be?

Only a few people know that Lu Wan is not only speaking out under pressure, but also saying something "against his will" because he, Lu Wan, wants to be the president of this trilateral system most. people.

Previously, only Wang Qiong and Wang Shouren were on top of him, but if Tang Yin established a trilateral system, then Lu Wan would have one more opponent on his head.

Not to mention that on top of this, there is Zhang Zhou who he cannot shake at all.

In a game with Wang Shouren, he could accept victory or defeat, but if he competed with Tang Yin, he couldn't accept losing.

But in order to show his attitude, he still has to come out to support the person he least wants to mention.

Zhu Youtang said: "If you have no objections, then Tang Yin will take charge of the military affairs of the three sides and there will be no further discussions."

Li Dongyang said quickly: " Your Majesty, since Tang Yin is in Liaodong and may not be able to be transferred back, how should he be transferred to the three sides? And who should be responsible for the troops under his command? And the candidates for the Ji Liao general..."

Zhu Youtang said: "The Jiliao General System has just been established, and the effect is not very obvious. People from all walks of life are now gathered in Liaodong. Is it possible that without the North Korean soldiers and horses, the Jurchens' iron barrel formation cannot be broken?" The governor of Liaodong, Yang Yiqing, was ordered to take charge of Liaodong's military affairs against the Jurchens. It is necessary to make greater progress before the beginning of summer." It doesn't sound wrong either.

But the goal before summer is just to make progress, which sounds a bit nonsense.

What, even a small eyeNot sure about the target? What does progress mean? How to define this?

Zhu Youtang said again: "As for Tang Yin's transfer to the northwest, there is no need to be too anxious. The military affairs on the three sides have stabilized now. All that remains is to chase the Tatars and ensure that the Tatars can no longer plunder. With the situation of border crossings raging, Ma Zhongxi, who was governor of Shanxi, Pianguan and other places, was immediately transferred to the governor of Ningxia to assist in the defense of Huamachi and be sure to block the Tatars' retreat. "

This can be regarded as stopping civil servants from making a fuss about Ma Zhongxi.

But Li Dongyang and Liu Jian felt very awkward because they had never mentioned Ma Zhongxi as a candidate to anyone.

This may be because the emperor cut off their escape route in advance and guessed that they would use Ma Zhongxi to make a fuss. It may also be a mistake. The emperor just felt that Ma Zhongxi was suitable for being transferred to Ningxia.

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The incident in the court made the atmosphere very strange.

Originally, no matter whether Lu Wan, Wang Shouren, Shi Lin, or Ma Zhongxi were recommended to form the trilateral system, they could be discussed and even argued about, but they just recommended an unknown person. Tang Yin made the scene extremely weird.

Obviously one can object, but no one objects, and it is difficult to find excuses to object.

Obviously some people agreed, but those who agreed felt more uncomfortable than those who opposed, and hoped that Tang Yin would die far away.

But in such a strange atmosphere, the matter of Tang Yin being the trilateral president was decided after just a few rounds of push and pull, as if this person was promoted to the trilateral president. The system is so reasonable and there is no controversy at all.

But he is obviously the most controversial.

In the eyes of many people, Tang Yin’s success in the election is mainly because most people do not understand him, and they are not even clear about his political stance. It cannot be said that he must be Tang Yin’s After all, he had very little contact with Zhang Zhou since he became an official. How could he be a standard "diplomat" who has been out on missions all the time?

As for whether he is Zhang Zhou's junior disciple, no one cares about this. It is more like a joke, because no one even knows who is Zhang Zhou's master in Taoism.

That thing was closer to a joke.

The unknown situation of the enemy, coupled with the fact that both sides had suffered losses in this matter, or that they had their own evil intentions, led to the decision on Tang Yinsheng's tripartite system to be made quickly.

Then the court discussed major personnel arrangements, which only involved Nanjing.

Only on the matter of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, Zhong Zhong, begging to return to his fields, the emperor once again refused, which is tantamount to saying that... the Ministry of Finance was given a certain amount of time to prepare, as if the emperor had not planned to rely on this time. Directly let Zhang Zhou serve as minister of both the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs.

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The meeting ended.

The ministers were not allowed to leave the palace immediately. They would move to the Wenhua Palace. Because the emperor was absent from the court for a long time, some affairs were suppressed, especially some matters after the year. Zhu Youtang did not listen hastily. The opinions of the cabinet may be decided directly by the Chief of Ceremonies and Zhu Zhu.

It is about asking the ministers to discuss it, and some matters have nothing to do with the cabinet, which means that the power of the cabinet has been further compressed.

The emperor did not go to the Wenhua Palace.

When the ministers came out of Fengtian Hall and walked to Wenhua Hall, someone wanted to come over and ask Liu Jian for his opinion, but Li Dongyang deliberately blocked them.

Li Dongyang whispered: "If Tang Bohu is the commander-in-chief of the northwest military affairs, what trouble will there be?"

Obviously, Tang Yin was not mentioned in all the plans in advance.

They even prepared to make Zhang Zhou the trilateral leader and discussed relevant countermeasures, but only Tang Yin... It’s not that they looked down on this person, but Tang Yin’s situation was very special, and others were Liaodong seems to be the one who cannot be left out, and in terms of qualifications and reputation, the gap between him and Wang Shouren, Lu Wan and others is a bit big.

This also led to their inability to cope with the situation in the court, and in the strange atmosphere, they chose a compromise way of acceptance.

That is, even if it is not Lu Wan, but Tang Yin who is not under our control, we can accept it.

Liu Jiandao: "You should ask, who should take charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Household Affairs now."

"Huh?"

Li Dongyang's political thinking is also clear of.

Since Tang Yin's appointment as the trilateral president is irreversible, let's put the matter aside first. If Tang Yin really can't get out, he will have to choose another candidate in the end.

If so, it doesn’t matter. At least Lu Wan is detained in the capital first.

And Lu Wan stayed in the Ministry of Household Affairs as Zuo Shilang, and the time was pressing for Zhong Zhong's retirement, which meant that the Ministry of Household Affairs was likely to fall completely into Zhang Zhou's hands.

"Then the right servant..." Li Dongyang put forward a new perspective.

Let’s first hold on to the position of Right Minister of Household Affairs.

After all, Lu Wan was promoted to Zuo Shilang, and his position is currently vacant. According to the rules, the Ministry of Civil Affairs should first submit a candidate, and then make a recommendation during the court meeting. Three people were shortlisted, and finally Choose one of the three.

This is the normal referral process.

Liu Jiandao: "It has been decided to transfer Tang Yin to the three sides, but his position is still undecided. Is he the censor of Qiandu, the censor of deputy capital, or the censor of right capital?" If he goes forward, it is uncertain whether he will continue to be the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, or further become the right minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, or take up another position."

Li Dongyang asked: "That means that your Majesty is likely to be the right minister. If Tang Yin is the right minister of the household department and the right deputy censor of the capital, then his official position is lower than that of Wang Bo'an."

In theory, the official position of the three-sided general system is higher than that of General Xuanda. Make it big.

This is why at first, they explored internallyWhen looking for someone to take over, a condition will be preset, that is, they must have served as the Minister of the Sixth Ministry first. Only those who have served as the official Minister of the Sixth Ministry are eligible to take the position of the Left Minister of the Sixth Ministry and go to the northwest, and they do not need to be the right deputy of the Imperial Palace. Shi can directly be the censor of the right capital, or even the censor of the left capital.

If you have experience as a minister, you can also directly serve as the minister of the Ministry of household affairs or the Ministry of industry, and go to the three sides to manage the army.

If the official position is too low, it involves the issue of how many levels to jump. If you have not achieved military merit, I will ask you to jump three levels in a row. Regardless of whether the emperor agrees or not, I will ask you if you can convince the public if you go to the northwest. ?

If you hold an official position at your level, you will not be able to mobilize the three armies at all, nor will you be able to coordinate the northwest.

Liu Jian asked: "Then will His Majesty regard him as the censor of the right capital, or even the minister of the Ministry of Industry?"

"Unlikely." Li Dongyang made it clear. , "Even if he has served as the chief minister of Ji Liao, his qualifications are not enough to directly jump to the position of minister, even if it is only a part-time job. Zhang Bingkuan has encountered so much resistance to his promotion to minister, just because he is Tang Yin? What qualifications does he have?"

Liu Jiandao: "If His Majesty does not take him as Minister, he will definitely take the title of Minister of Household Affairs."

Li Dongyang thought for a while and nodded.

The emperor now clearly wants to take the Ministry of Household Affairs into his hands. Since he suddenly brought up Tang Yin, and cannot directly let Tang Yin take the title of Minister, then let him take the official title of Right Minister of the Household Department. Listen. It seems most reasonable.

As for whether he is the censor of the right capital or the censor of the right deputy capital, it doesn't seem to be too important.

Liu Jiandao: "Look for an opportunity to say hello to Fu Tu and ask him to find a way to send a letter to Xuan Mansion."

"Oh." Li Dongyang was startled.

Immediately he understood what Liu Jian meant.

After all, strictly speaking, Xuanfu is an important place for grain storage in the northwest. Tang Yin transferred to the northwest as the right minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and it was a full-time position and not a part-time job. After Tang Yin arrived in the northwest, he must use military grain and supplies. Scheduling comes first.

If Tang Yin is not successful in his official position, he must start with the Xuanfu.

But it was not appropriate for them to directly order Liu Daxia, the governor of Xuanfu, because this was digging a hole openly and acting indiscriminately.

But it would be reasonable if the retired Ma Wensheng was asked to secretly hint Liu Daxia.

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