“… After the cabinet was restructured, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and the Dali Temple became independent departments outside the cabinet.

The Ministry of War has little to do with internal affairs, but the Ministry of Criminal Affairs holds the power of justice, which is enough to deter those crooked henchmen. Yuan Chonghuan threw out an idea.

"How is it possible for the Criminal Department... Penal Department. One party member first wanted to laugh at Yuan Chonghuan's whimsy, but he soon stopped.

The Criminal Department and the Ministry of Industry are the lowest of the six ministries, so the party members present here never imagined that the Criminal Department would be able to contain the power of the cabinet and officials from other ministries.

However, after Yuan Chonghuan broke it, they immediately realized that no one in the current Criminal Department could interfere with the actions of the Criminal Department except for the emperor.

As long as there is a heart, almost every official is more or less inseparable from corruption and bribery, so it seems that if he can control the Criminal Department, it will be really as Yuan Chonghuan said, and most officials in the DPRK and China can be contained.

After several party members discussed for a while, Lu Chengyuan raised his own questions: "However, the great priest Kou Xue Zhen is submissive to His Majesty, and there is no major mistake in himself, can we say that His Majesty will replace him with his own party colleagues?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan glanced at the party members who were waiting for his answer, and then said unhurriedly: "Haven't you studied the cabinet restructuring plan?" Although the power to appoint and dismiss cabinet members and the six ministries and nine secretaries is in the hands of His Majesty, the power to recommend and promote officials of various ministries is in the hands of the ministries and the cabinet.

As long as we persuade the Ministry of Officials to propose that Xue Zhen be promoted according to the annual exception, then the position of the Great Priest will be vacant. Next, as long as we do our best to recommend a person with impeccable qualifications and reputation, to be appointed as the Grand Priest, the Criminal Department will be on our side. ”

After Yuan Chonghuan finished speaking, there was a lot of discussion at the banquet, and soon someone asked: "Who is in this anthology?" ”

"It's Zhang Guoshen, a native of Anding, Shaanxi." Another party member who knew immediately replied.

Wang Shoulu asked a little nervously, "Whose person is he?" ”

"It's not anyone's people, it has nothing to do with us, and it has nothing to do with the eunuchs." So said the party member who had just answered.

Lu Chengyuan thought for a while and asked, "Who knows what kind of person this is?" ”

The party member just now was suddenly dumbfounded, and Huang Daozhou on the side hesitated, and interjected to answer Lu Chengyuan's question: "Zhang Langzhong likes calligraphy and is quite cautious. ”

Yuan Chonghuan smiled and said: "Then wouldn't it be good to leave the rest of the matter to Shen, presumably Zhang Langzhong can still refute Shen's face?" ”

Shen Weibing listened to Yuan Chonghuan's words, just smiled slightly, and simply replied: "Yu will do his best." ”

The Donglin party members suddenly came to their senses, and they complimented one after another: "With Brother Shen coming forward, that Zhang Langzhong must be going to have a good fate." ”

When everyone was gossiping about Shen Weibing's ideas, Ni Yuanlu suddenly looked at Yuan Chonghuan and said, "I don't know what I think, who can do this big priest?" ”

The room, which was still a little noisy, suddenly fell silent again. Although everyone is a member of the Donglin Party, they have their own teachers, friends and relatives. They may be able to work together to oust Xue Zhen from the position of the secretary of the criminal department, but they may not be able to unanimously nominate someone to sit in this position.

Yuan Chonghuan glanced at Ni Yuanlu, and said with an unchanged face: "Naturally, Han Puzhou, the predecessor of this party, can he be a teacher, is there anyone in the party who is more experienced than my teacher?" ”

Ni Yuanlu smiled and said: "Although Senior Han has profound qualifications, he needs to be upright and straightforward for the position of Great Priest. Senior Han took office as the chief secretary, did he really dare to argue with the cabinet and His Majesty? ”

Yuan Chonghuan was choked and speechless, but he only thought about it for a moment, then reacted, and immediately fought back.

"I heard that Yuan Gong has entered Beijing, don't you want Yuan Gong to fight for this big boss?"

Before Ni Yuanlu could speak, Huang Daozhou couldn't help but say: "For the position of the great secretary, there is a mentor, who else in the court can compete?" My division can fight thieves on the horse, and govern the people when he gets off the horse, and he used to patrol the sea and ask Ryukyu to judge the case like a god, why can't he be this big priest? ”

Yuan Chonghuan subconsciously wanted to refute, although Yuan Keli was good friends with Sun Chengzong, but Yuan Chonghuan had quite an opinion about him. Because Yuan Keli once impeached him, impeached him for privately negotiating peace with Houjin in the name of mourning.

As far as the true emotions in his heart are concerned, he doesn't want Yuan Keli to recover again. It's just that the political situation in the capital was unclear before, and Chongzhen had no intention of eradicating Wei Zhongxian's henchmen, which made the Donglin party a little uneasy. That's why he agreed with the opinions of the two teachers and recalled Yuan Keli back to the capital to fight against the remnants of the eunuchs in the court.

But now, his mind has changed a little. Originally, he thought that his status as a martial arts professor was not important, and the new army was just a way for the young emperor to change the name of Jingying.

For example, in the past, the three battalions were changed to ten regiments, and then from the ten regiments to the twelve regiments, and finally back to the three battalions.

However, after the establishment of the General Staff, he changed his mind. If all the officers of the New Army must graduate from martial arts in the future, then what could have influenced this army more than him, a professor of martial arts.

And under Chongzhen's explanation, whether it is the General Staff or the New Army, it will definitely not be a thing used to fool people.

From Chongzhen's dependence on the General Staff and martial arts, Yuan Chonghuan felt that it was undoubtedly a smooth road to enter the military department from the General Staff to the military department, and then take over as the secretary of the military department.

As a result, Yuan Keli, who was recalled by Sun Chengzong, became a potential threat to his future career. It's not because Yuan Keli will stop his career, after all, Yuan Keli's age is impossible to block his path.

But Yuan Chonghuan was afraid that Yuan Keli would say something in front of Chongzhen, such as trivial matters about what he had privately discussed with Hou Jin.

Originally, Yuan Chonghuan felt that Chongzhen seemed to be faintly hostile to him, although the emperor hid it well, but he could feel it.

Now if Yuan Keli leaks his breath in front of His Majesty, then Yuan Chonghuan feels that he will definitely be sent to some barren land by the emperor.

But now it suddenly occurred to him that if Yuan Keli was asked to be the secretary of the Criminal Department of Lao Mozi, presumably after becoming the chief secretary, he would not have much opportunity to talk about his past with the emperor.

"Huang Shizhai is simply a person who wakes up from his dreams, and Yuan Gong has come out to run for this big secretary, and Huang Yuancheng can't come up with anyone to compete with Yuan Gong for this position. Yu agreed. Yuan Chonghuan immediately changed his tone and turned to support the ideas of Ni Yuanlu and Huang Daozhou.

When the other Donglin Party members saw this scene, they immediately looked at each other and were speechless for a while.

The people in the Donglin Party who can compete with Yuan Jiehuan and Han Xiangyun are probably Qian Muzhai who is barely qualified for this.

However, Qian Muzhai did not brush it off the list of cabinet candidates, and Han Xiangyun's disciple Yuan Chonghuan actually chose Yuan Jiehuan, so the other Donglin Party members could only acquiesce.

Yuan Chonghuan looked at his colleagues who bowed their heads and were silent, and suddenly stood up with a wine glass and said: "Why are you so frustrated, if Yuan Gong can be in charge of the Criminal Department, then Huang Yuancheng will always have to be a little more restrained, isn't this a good thing for everyone?"

And in today's cabinet, there are all gray-haired people, how long can they hold the government? In the future, after all, it will be up to us and others to show their strengths, help His Majesty, and clarify Unai..."

Yuan Chonghuan's speech aroused the pride in the hearts of many party members, and they raised their glasses in response. "If there are a few beautiful singers stroking the piano and singing a song now, it will be perfect." Yuan Chonghuan thought so when he was about to get drunk.

Zhu Youzhen sat on the throne of the Wenhua Palace, that is, the place where the cabinet met yesterday, the table in the middle of the room had been temporarily removed, and the civil and military officials above the cabinet and the imperial court were standing on both sides of the hall.

Obviously, most of the military attachés did not arrive, but stayed at home to prepare for the holiday. The civil servants who came today are basically complete.

Liu Zongzhou was admonishing him: "Your Majesty, this by-election of cabinet ministers is a major matter of the imperial court, and you can't act in a hurry. The minister thought that it would be more appropriate to wait until after the festival to select the ministers, and His Majesty also had time to choose carefully. ”

Zhang Ruitu suddenly said dissatisfiedly: "I will wait until I have carefully selected the list of personnel before launching these candidate lists, Liu Qidong, are you too worried?" ”

Huang Liji also came out and said: "The list of cabinet candidates was drawn up by His Majesty's request before New Year's Day. As for when the two cabinet ministers will be elected, this is entirely the power of His Majesty, and the ministers dare not comment. ”

Hearing Huang Liji say this, Liu Zongzhou opened his mouth, but finally didn't say anything and retreated to the prelude.

After seeing that the officials in the hall were quiet, Zhu Youzhen blocked his mouth with his fist and yawned before speaking.

"It's better for the cabinet members to be determined early, and Mr. Huang should also arrange the duty staff during the holidays.

Besides, the cabinet is the brain of the imperial court, and if the brain does not function all the time, then all parts of the body will lose control.

For me and the ministers, it doesn't matter if we decide today or after the holidays. But for the local officials and the common people, every day that the central order was delayed, they suffered unnecessary losses.

Therefore, it is better to decide on the candidates for the cabinet earlier. ”

Huang Liji suddenly opened his mouth and praised: "Your Majesty Shengming, then please ask Your Majesty to select the people on the list." ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded and said, "Okay, then let the candidates on the list come to me one by one, first explain their strengths, what kind of work they want to do, and what they think about this job." ”

Zhu Youzhen's words suddenly stunned the officials in the palace, it seems that the imperial court has never had such a rule in the past.

The so-called emperor's circle reading refers to drawing a circle on the list of candidates to indicate who to choose. After all, the officials will not hand over all the records of the candidates to the emperor for selection, because this is to ensure that the emperor is not familiar with every candidate, so that he can choose fairly and justly.

Therefore, on the list of candidates that will be promoted, there are only places of origin, names, which science and scholars, and under Chongzhen's strong request, the timetable for appointment is given.