The emperor's wedding was dismissed for ten days, but the officials did not have a holiday, and still had to go back to work at the official office every day.

On the afternoon of 18 August, the cabinet convened a round of small-scale court discussions, in which only the four elders of the cabinet and the six ministers of the cabinet participated, mainly to discuss the issue of the reinstatement of Jing Anbo and Xu Jin.

It is said that during the Dragon Boat Festival in May, due to the incident of the two princesses "going out of the city in micro-service", Xu Jin resigned from the position of Hanlin attendant, but last month the flintlock pistol was successfully tested, and the little emperor planned to reward Xu Jin for reinstatement, and ordered the cabinet to discuss and pass.

Originally, the cabinet had discussed this matter a few days ago, and the Yang Party led by Yang Tinghe naturally did not want Xu Jin to be reinstated, so he finally returned the holy decree of the little emperor, and proposed to promote Xu Jin to Langzhong (Zheng Wupin) of the Nanjing Military Department.

Nanjing is the old capital of the Ming Dynasty, and there is also a set of ministries and institutes, although the official rank is the same as that of the Beijing Division, but it is far away from the Son of Heaven and away from the center of power, so the ministries and courtyards in Nanjing are just a cold bench for idle officials.

Obviously, Yang Tinghe's intention was to get Xu Jin out of Beijing and away from the emperor's side. However, the little emperor was not stupid, and immediately sent the cabinet transcript back for reconsideration, so today is the second time that the cabinet has held a meeting to discuss the reinstatement of Xu Jin.

At this time, I only heard Yang Tinghe, the head of the cabinet, cough lightly, attracted everyone's attention, and said lightly: "The emperor does not agree to Xu Ziqian's transfer to Langzhong of the Nanjing Military Department, so that the cabinet will reconsider, Master Qiao thinks there are any suitable vacancies that can be arranged?" ”

Qiao Yu, the secretary of the ministry, was from the Yang Dang family, and said in a deep voice: "There are still a lot of vacancies, but there are not many suitable for Xu Ziqian. ”

Tongzhi is the deputy of the prefect, and the rank is the fifth grade, which is indeed one grade higher than the military member Wailang from the fifth grade, but how can the local five-rank Tongzhi be compared with the Wupin Beijing official, not to mention that the Tongzhi is only a deputy, and it is also the Tongzhi of the Southern Barbarian Land, it is too difficult to come up with political achievements.

"Well, Xu Ziqian is young, and he will definitely be able to become a pillar of the country after a few years of training in an external place, and this official seconded it!" Peng Ze, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is also a Yang Party, so he knew that this was a suppression of Xu Jin, but he still opened his eyes and said nonsense.

Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was more direct and said coldly: "As long as Xu Ziqian is not an official and a scholar in Hanlin, this official has no opinion, this son is talented, but he is used to welcoming the king, and he is not a gentleman, so he is not suitable for the close minister of the Son of Heaven." ”

Fei Hong frowned and said lightly: "The old man doesn't agree!" ”

Mao Cheng immediately sneered at each other: "Fei Ge Lao doesn't want to show favoritism, isn't he afraid of the criticism of the Manchu civil officials?" ”

Fei Hongyi retorted sternly: "The old man is virtuous and does not avoid family hatred, this heart can show the sun and the moon, so why not be afraid of criticism from others." Ziqian's talent is obvious to all, and there is nothing he can do through what he does. Isn't it a waste that such talents do not stay in the center, but are delegated to local deputy positions? ”

Hubu Shangshu Sun crossed the goat's whiskers that were already completely white under his chin, nodded and said, "What Fei Ge Lao said is extremely true. Xu Ziqian led the army to fight against King Ning when he was still a member, and his party in Shandong wiped out tens of thousands of anti-thieves. The introduction of flintlock muskets this time and the success of supervising the construction will certainly greatly enhance the combat strength of our army. The old man thinks that such a great achievement, not to mention the official reinstatement of the Hanlin attendant, it is not too much to be directly promoted to the bachelor of the Hanlin attendant. ”

Yang Tinghe's face was slightly gloomy, Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Yang Tan, the secretary of the household department, were his left arm and right arm, but now Yang Tan was demoted to Nanjing, and Sun Jiao sat in the position of the secretary of the household department, which formed a lot of constraints on him, the first assistant, after all, the secretary of the household department is the minister of finance, and he holds the financial power, and many things have to cost money.

Mao Cheng glared at Sun Jiao and retorted: "This official admits that Xu Ziqian is indeed a talent who is good at industry, but he is not suitable to serve as a minister beside the Son of Heaven, let alone a bachelor of Hanlin who has the reality of an emperor." What is Lord Sun's intention in recommending such a person with flawed character as the emperor? ”

Sun Jiao sneered: "What is the intention of Lord Mao to repeatedly suppress rising talents? Isn't it a punter for the party and rejects dissidents? ”

As soon as Sun Jiao's words came out, including Yang Tinghe, they all changed color, and it was a big taboo for officials to form parties and engage in personal gain, and all dynasties would cause the emperor's suspicion and dissatisfaction, and in the end it didn't end well. Now Yang Tinghe is a dominant family in the DPRK and China, although he does not have the name of forming a party, but he has already formed a party, but he just understands that people see through it and do not say it.

Of course, Yang Tinghe has been relatively fair in handling affairs since he became the first assistant, and under his leadership, government affairs have been taken care of in an orderly manner.

Mao Cheng glared at Sun Jiao angrily and shouted: "Sun Zhitong, Er An dares to slander this official? ”

Sun Jiao sneered and didn't answer, they are all old fritters in officialdom, some words stop at the point, there is no need to tear your face, and in the end, you will be killed.

Zhang Zilin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, hurriedly came forward to play a round and said: "The two adults are calm and don't be impatient, cough ...... The official has a proposal, isn't there a shortage in the household department, so it's better to let Xu Ziqian be vacant. ”

It is said that Sun Jiaoyuan was the left servant of the household department, and after Yang Tan was demoted, he temporarily took the position of the secretary of the household department. Although Yang Tinghe proposed to the emperor that the court recommend the candidates for the household department, the court recommended three candidates in a row, all of which were vetoed by the little emperor Zhu Houxi, so Sun Jiao has been temporarily acting as the household secretary in the past few months. Yang Tinghe was also so abrasive by the little emperor that he could not help it, and in the end he could only agree to Sun Jiao's official appointment as the head of the household department.

Sun Jiao sat on the head of the household, so the position of the original left attendant of the household department was naturally vacant, so the original right attendant was promoted to the left attendant, and one was transferred from other ministries to serve as the right attendant of the household department. In this way, the two went back and forth, and the household department vacated a position in Langzhong.

Therefore, now Zhang Zilin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, means to let Xu Jin take the position of Langzhong of the Ministry of Households.

Balance with the mud, this is also the characteristic of the Chinese people, Zhang Zilin is now a typical and thin mud. The first assistant Yang Tinghe intended to transfer Xu Jin out of Beijing, but the emperor did not agree, and the second assistant Fei Hong did not agree. So Zhang Zilin came to a compromise and proposed to transfer Xu Jin to the household department, so that Xu Jin could not continue to stay in the Hanlin Academy, and he did not have to be transferred, and the demands of both sides were taken care of.

Although this way of dealing with things is annoying, it is undoubtedly an effective way to solve the problem, because it balances the interests of both parties, makes it easier for both parties to accept, and does not further intensify the conflict.

Therefore, as soon as Zhang Zilin's suggestion was put forward, Lin Jun, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, who was also a neutral faction, immediately seconded the proposal, and the third assistant Mao Ji and the fourth assistant Jiang Mian also agreed one after another.

The head of the household department Shangshu Sun Jiaoxu said with a smile: "Let Xu Ziqian come to the household department, the official naturally has no opinion, Xu Ziqian can turn thousands of acres of barren mountains into a cash cow, and the household department needs this kind of talent." ”

Qiao Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Peng Ze, the secretary of the Ministry of War, were silent, they were waiting for the boss Yang Tinghe to express his position, as for Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, as long as Xu Jin was not an official and Hanlin attendant, he could reluctantly accept it.

Yang Tinghe frowned, his original intention was to transfer Xu Jin out of Beijing, but now three of the six Shangshu agreed to Xu Jin's appointment in the household department, and Mao Ji and Jiang Mian also agreed, this amount is enough to cover the coffin.

Yang Tinghe couldn't help but sigh secretly, a trace of frustration arose in his heart, the current cabinet was obviously not something he could fully control, and nodded helplessly: "Since everyone has no opinion, then Xu Ziqian will be promoted to Hubu Langzhong, and this official will report to the emperor." ”

Half of the cabinet passed, and there was a little emperor stuck, Yang Tinghe also understood that it was impossible to transfer Xu Jin out of Beijing to take up his post, so he had no choice but to make a compromise. Of course, although Yang Ge Lao didn't like Xu Jin, he agreed with Xu Jin's talent, and hoped that Xu Jin could make achievements in the household department and alleviate the tight financial situation of the Ming Dynasty.

As Sun Jiao said, Xu Jin can turn thousands of acres of barren mountainous land into a cash cow and solve the problem of military salaries for 500 battalions, maybe he can also bring miracles to everyone in the household department?

At this moment, Master Xu was still on his honeymoon at home, and the little emperor gave him half a month of marriage leave, so he didn't know that he was promoted to a rank again, and was promoted from a member of the military department to a member of the military department (from the fifth grade) to the household Langzhong (the fifth grade). (https:)

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