Chapter 1261: Geng character rolls hands and responds
The long and difficult political discussion has finally come to an end. Although it may not be satisfactory, at least a basic bottom line balance has been reached. The candidates for the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Seven Ministers, as well as the two most important ministers among the Nanjing Six Ministers, have been confirmed. Once the Emperor approves it, this will be considered a huge achievement.
Even these ten candidates were drafted several times. There were constant disputes among the Jiangnan scholars. Even at the cabinet meeting, there were still back-and-forths. The game between Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe continued, even under Qi Yongtai. In front of "outsiders", the two people still have disagreements and disputes. Of course, they are both scholars who understand the bottom line and rules, and will not act beyond their principles.
When Qi Yongtai returned to the mansion, he was almost ready. He sent people to notify Qiao Yingjia, Han Xu, and Sun Juxiang, and at the same time he sent people to notify Zhang Huaichang, Cui Jingrong, and Wang Yongguang. After thinking about it, he sent people to notify them again. Feng Ziying, it was an experience for him to have his disciple come and observe.
Qiao Yingjia, Han Xu, and Sun Juxiang were all Shanxi people and representatives of Shanxi scholars. Cui Jingrong and Wang Yongguang were both from Damingfu. One was from Changyuan and the other was from Dongming. Qi Yongtai was both a Beizhi scholar, and Zhang Huaichang He is from Liaodong. At this time, Liaodong was a military-controlled area and was administratively placed under Shandong. He can be considered a Shandong native, and he and Feng Ziying can barely be considered a native.
This is the biggest personnel adjustment since the current cabinet took office. After these ten candidates are confirmed, we can basically consider the following positions, such as ministers of various ministries, deputy imperial envoys, and imperial censors of the capital, etc., and may even be involved. He went to some provinces to select candidates for political envoys and envoys for punishment and inspection.
Having a hasty meal, people started to arrive one after another.
Everyone knew that the political discussion in Wenyuan Pavilion lasted all day, and everyone was waiting quietly. After all, the Beidi scholars did not have enough momentum this time, and everyone also expected that Qi Yongtai might not be able to occupy a position in the cabinet discussion. The upper hand, but Qi Yongtai has already exchanged opinions with everyone before. Basically, there are some predictions. As long as it is not particularly qualified, then everyone thinks that it is acceptable to tolerate it for the sake of the country.
The atmosphere in the flower hall is a bit solemn. Qi Yongtai has not yet come out. He is a little tired after discussing politics in Wenyuan Pavilion for a day. He still needs to wash up briefly. As a scholar, he still needs to pay attention to the necessary demeanor.
When Zhang Huaichang arrived, he happened to walk in with Qiao Yingjia.
“It seems that the atmosphere is not very good. Brother Chengfeng is so anxious to ask us to come. Is it possible that he is at odds?” Zhang Huaichang joked, looking up at the slightly old flower hall of Qi Mansion.
"Isn't that true?" Qiao Yingjia shook his head, but his expression was not very good, "Those few masters are not so brave and courageous. Besides, they have the upper hand now, and they will encounter Daofu (Li Sancai) again. You half-hearted guy, hasn’t Brother Chengfeng always wanted us to tolerate each other for the sake of our country? He must have had some awareness a long time ago."
All the servants in the flower hall were kicked out. It can be said that this discussion, which is related to the interests of the entire Northland scholars, must not be spread to outsiders. Poor Feng Ziying can only play the role of a servant who mixes tea and water.
Most of the people in the flower hall have arrived, and they are basically familiar or acquainted with him.
Let’s not talk about Cui Jingrong and Sun Juxiang. They had the experience of going all the way to the south of the Yangtze River. Wang Yongguang is also an old acquaintance and an old rival of Qingtan Academy - the head of Chongzheng Academy. He had contacted Jiangnan scholars when he invited them to come to the north to discuss studies, and they also fought with each other later. Contacted several times.
Feng Ziying was not very familiar with Han Xu, and had never even met him. He only knew that he was also a leader among Shanxi scholars. He and Qiao Yingjia were both called the leaders of Shanxi scholars, but one was in the government and the other was in the opposition.
However, Han Xu originally served as the chief of the Nanjing Civil Affairs Bureau and the deputy envoy of the Huguang Criminal Investigation Department. Later, he also briefly served as the right minister of the Ministry of Industry. Because of disagreements with the then chief assistant Shen Shixing, he resigned from office. But this time it was obvious that he was going to rejoin the court.
After seeing the gifts one by one, Feng Ziying quickly got into the business of mixing tea and water until Qiao Yingjia and Zhang Huaichang came in.
This is basically the majority of the elites of the Northern scholars in Beijing. Except for some Northern officials who are traveling in the countryside or not in the capital, almost all of this group of scholars except Feng Ziying have the qualifications You can directly serve as a big shot with the qualifications of a third-grade official or above.
The Great Zhou Dynasty followed some of the old practices of the Ming Dynasty, that is, a scholar who resigned from office basically returned to the court with an official position that would not be lower than the position he once held, and might even be promoted to one or two levels. That is, if you are a regular If a fourth-rank official resigns and goes to power, then you may come back to work and even directly sit in a third-rank or third-rank position. Therefore, resigning during the Great Zhou Dynasty is not an embarrassing thing, and it will even show that you have perseverance and character.
As long as you have the support of party members (scholars) behind you, you can resign if you think your boss or colleagues have different political views from yours or the conflicts are too great to reconcile. Of course, before resigning, you will usually coordinate with the scholars of the unified system. , which is also to prepare for a comeback in the future.
For example, although Li Sancai was originally from Shaanxi, he studied in the south of the Yangtze River. In addition, he worked in Jinling, Huai'an and other places for a long time, so he was psychologically more inclined to the views and ideas of the scholars from the south of the Yangtze River. This also made him popular with the scholars from the north. He criticized and criticized his illness, but he was taken as an ally by the Jiangnan scholars.
The same is true for Zhang Jingqiu. Although he is from Southern Zhili, his attitude is more inclined to the emperor's because he studied at Chongzheng Academy in the capital, and later worked in Baoding, Jinan and other northern government offices. After arriving in Nanjing, he was appointed by the emperor to join the court. , and Emperor Yonglong has always been unpopular with the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, so he can barely be included in the scholar system in the north. However, because his attitude is too inclined to be with the emperor, he is jealous of the scholars, so his status is a bit embarrassing.
Feng Ziying has been carefully pondering the correlation between factional divisions and opinions and ideas in the entire Da Zhou scholar system. He found that there is really no clear boundary between them.
In other words, whether these so-called scholars or party members are more connected by the tendencies of villagers, because common regional and clan interests can often form relatively consistent political ideas, and at the same time, the friendship of classmates in the same year is also taken into account. Mixed with some personal feelings, likes and dislikes.
Hence, these scholar party members cannot be regarded as true party members at all, and their cohesion and centripetal force are very limited.
Of course, as scholars, they still adhere to basic ethical principles such as benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom, and trust. This should be a basic factor in maintaining the cohesion of centripetal force.
Qi Yongtai could not hide the tiredness on his face when he entered the flower hall. He waved his hand and motioned for everyone to take their seats. Feng Ziying also sat down at the bottom of the table, next to Sun Juxiang.
"Chengfeng, seeing how tired and distressed you are, why are you in such a hurry? It's not too late to discuss it tomorrow." Qiao Yingjia couldn't help but said.
"Forget it, it took a day of quarreling and fighting to achieve such a result. It is not satisfactory, but it is not satisfactory." Qi Yongtai waved his hands, and then got straight to the point, "It has been initially agreed that Brother Huaichang will succeed Zhang Jingqiu as Minister of the Ministry of War, and Zhang Jingqiu will be appointed as the Secretary of the Ministry of War. As the censor of the capital, Liu Yishuo serves as the minister of the Ministry of Justice. Ru Jun, you will succeed Liu Yishui as the censor of the right capital..."
The last word was a big move, which shocked everyone.
Zhang Huaichang is mentally prepared to serve as Minister of War, but will the emperor agree? Also, is Zhang Jingqiu willing?
"Chengfeng, I have no problem going to the Ministry of War, but the Emperor's side..." Zhang Huaichang is from Liaodong. When he became Minister of the Ministry of War, he became an unswerving vanguard in strengthening the nine-sided defense, especially the defense of Liaodong. He was more determined than Zhang Jingqiu. , but his relationship with Emperor Yonglong was not very close, far less than that of Zhang Jingqiu.
"I will persuade the emperor." Qi Yongtai waved his hand firmly, "Ru Jun takes over as the censor of Youdu. Due to Zhang Jingqiu's temper, Ru Jun, you must also pay attention to the way you get along. Tolerance for the sake of the country is not just a word. It must be It really fell into place.”
Qiao Yingjia was still thinking about Liu Yishen's departure from the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He and Liu Yishen were the biggest political enemies in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The two were almost incompatible. Unexpectedly, Liu Yishen actually went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. : "Who will pick up the left deputy censor?"
Qi Yongtai glanced at him and said calmly: "Don't worry, they won't make it easy for you, either Miao Changqi or Yang Lian..."
Qiao Yingjia frowned, Miao Changqi was a famous scholar in Jiangyou, and although Yang Lian was from Huguang, he was very close to the scholars in Jiangnan, and he was also a rebellious character.
Qiao Yingjia's expression caught everyone's eyes, causing others to purse their lips and smile.
"Zi Qiang will be appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Brother Youfu (Wang Yongguang) will be appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Nanjing." The former had been agreed upon long ago, but when Wang Yongguang came to Nanjing to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, it was a bit unexpected. Even Wang Yongguang himself felt that Surprised, "In addition, I suggested that Yu Chen (Han Xu) be appointed as the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, but Jin Qing and Zhong Han were firmly opposed, so I also suggested that Yu Chen be appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing. They basically agreed. I also nominated Shu Xiang (Sun Dingxiang). ) was appointed as the censor of the right capital of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, but they hesitated again, and the matter has not been decided yet."
Hearing this, everyone frowned and noticed something strange. Zhang Huaichang took the lead and asked: "Chengfeng asked Yu Chen and Youfu to go to Nanjing. Is there something wrong with Jiangnan?"
If there were no problems, Han Xu and Wang Yongguang would not be allowed to take over the Nanjing Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel, and Sun Dingxiang would also be asked to take over the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate. This is obviously a very obvious gesture.
(End of this chapter)