The deliberations have been carried out here, the purpose of today's dynasty has been achieved, and Zhu Daming is ready to get up and leave, but at this time, another person stood up in the hall, stepped forward and saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the left servant of the Ministry of Ministers Lang Chengji has something to do." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Cheng Jiming has been waiting for Shi Fenglai to settle down on this matter, otherwise he, as the second official of the ministry, would not be suitable to speak when Shi Fenglai is still the secretary of the ministry. Now that the mountain in front of him no longer exists, the things that should be the responsibility of the officials have to be told by him, the number one squire.

Cheng Jiming ordered this person, Zhu Daming knew, this person later became one of the cabinet chiefs and assistants of the Chongzhen Dynasty, and in the first year of Chongzhen, he was pushed into the cabinet, although he did not make much political achievements, but the comments of later generations on him were not bad, and he could be regarded as a decent minister.

Today's Cheng Jiming naturally has no chance to go directly from the squire to the cabinet ministers, because the emperor has made a clear decree that he is not allowed to enter the cabinet without the experience of six Shangshu or local governors. Moreover, now the emperor never mentions the matter of the court pushing the ministers, and the emperor's attitude has been very clear, who can become the cabinet minister, it is a matter that the emperor and the cabinet jointly discuss and determine, not the matter of these people standing on the imperial palace to discuss and determine and then appoint by the emperor.

Cheng Jiming obviously also recognized this, he said: "Your Majesty, the secretary of the ministry has a great responsibility, and there can be no vacancies, now Shi Fenglai is dismissed from his post pending investigation, and the officials of the ministry cannot be lacking for a long time, and the ministers ask Your Majesty to choose the meritocracy." In addition, Pan Ruzhen, the governor of Zhejiang, and Liu Zhixuan, the governor of Caojiang, were all imprisoned for rebellion. ”

Zhu Daming listened to Cheng Ji's words, thought for a while and said: "When the first emperor was there, most of the ministers were subject to the court push, and as a result, there were many factions above the court, and the courtiers were all in the same family, the same township, and the same way, in order to be in the forefront when the court pushed. This is really the way to get rid of chaos. Since I ascended the throne, although I have not said it explicitly, I have abolished this law. Today, I will make another rule, and I will keep it in mind. In the future, the six Shangshu or local governors will be nominated by the incumbent cabinet ministers, approved by me, announced by the court, and then discussed by the secretary and others. If the majority of the secretary agrees, he shall be appointed by decree; The secretary and other majorities objected, and the cabinet was re-nominated. Cheng Aiqing, what do you think? ”

Zhu Daming didn't ask the ministers, didn't ask the Shangshu, but asked the servant of the Ministry of Officials Cheng Jiming, one is because Cheng Jiming is the actual person in charge of the Ministry of Officials, if he agrees, no one can say anything; The second is because Zhu Daming knows that he will not speak out against it, whether he does not dare or is unwilling, in short, he will not object. Because there is no book in the Ministry of Officials at present.

Cheng Jiming is a Jinshi in the thirty-fifth year of Wanli, although the qualifications are still a little insufficient, but he is currently the first Zuo Shilang in the Ministry of Officials, and he is not young, he is already over sixty years old, and he has a good chance to become a scholar. And in order to become a secretary of the ministry, you must gain the trust of the emperor.

Sure enough, Cheng Ji's fate thought about it again and again, but he still didn't dare to question the emperor's violation of the practice of the cabinet ministers elected by the court since Wanli, and only heard him say: "The minister thinks that what Your Majesty said is very true. There is no objection from the minister. ”

Zhu Daming looked at Cheng Jiming, who was bowing his head, and thought to himself, since this is the case, you will be the secretary of the ministry. Cheng Jiming is a native of the Daimyo Mansion, and Sun Chengzong, Li Guowei belong to the same Beizhili, which is a fellow countryman in the sense of Beizhili, and the relationship between Cheng Jiming and Sun Chengzong in history is also very close, and when Sun Chengzong was deposed again in the fourth year of Chongzhen, he also stood up to defend it.

Thinking of this, Zhu Daming looked at Li Guowei and Sun Chengzong, and asked: "Li Aiqing, Sun Aiqing, Shi Fenglai is dismissed from office, and now it is a critical period to investigate and deal with the eunuchs. ”

Above the court, it is risky to deal with this kind of thing, in front of everyone, the emperor of the candidate you proposed does not agree, which is equivalent to being slapped in the face in public, and the emperor of the person you proposed agrees, and the people you didn't mention will also have opinions about you in their hearts.

Li Guohao, who was already known for his stability and lacked a bit of eagerness, pondered for a while, and finally said: "The officials of the Ministry of Heaven are very important, and the ministers ask Your Majesty to appoint them." ”

The ministers in the palace who are qualified to compete for the secretary of the ministry are also calm and calm, waiting for the emperor to speak. As a result, Zhu Daming did not say it explicitly, but asked Sun Chengzong again: "Who does Sun Qing think is competent?" ”

This time, Sun Chengzong did not disappoint Zhu Daming, but he took a step forward, bowed and saluted, and said: "The minister thinks that since there is a vacancy in the ministry, it is better to be selected from among the servants." The left servant Lang Chengji of the Ministry of Officials has been serving as the Ministry of Officials for a long time, and he is quite popular, and although he still serves as a heavenly official after hearing that Shi Fenglai has entered the cabinet, the ministry is largely based on his life. The minister thought that the basic life may be competent. As soon as these words came out, there was a discussion in the Imperial Palace.

Cao Huachun saw that the emperor didn't say anything, so he didn't come out to drink. After a while, when the palace returned to calm, Zhu Daming said: "Cheng Ji is honest and self-disciplined, not a party or selfish, and now he is in the position of the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, and I think it can be a heavy responsibility." If there is no objection, the Cabinet may draw up a decision. ”

However, there were still some people who objected, and only one person said: "Your Majesty, the ministers have something to do with Liu Mao in the matter." ”

Zhu Daming nodded and said, "Liu Qing is here!" Liu Mao stepped forward to salute, and then said: "Sun Chengzong, a scholar of Wuyingdian University and Minister of Military Aircraft, and the left servant of the Ministry of Ministers are both from Beizhili, so it is not an exaggeration to call them fellow villagers. His Majesty said that Cheng Ji was not selfish, and now Sun Chengzong recommended Cheng Ji Ming, I am afraid that there is a suspicion of the township party, and the minister thinks it is very inappropriate. Your Majesty, please be aware of it. "It's not normal if no one objects, it seems that in the system design of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial historian is the actor of the opposition.

An important consideration for Zhu Daming's appointment of Cheng Jiming is that he, Sun Chengzong, and Li Guowei are all from Beizhili, and they do have a friendship with fellow villagers, and the relationship between the two is indeed good in history, and they will not hinder the personnel arrangements of the cabinet or the Military Aircraft Department in the future government affairs.

If he didn't have confidence in the character of these people in history, of course Zhu Daming would have doubts, but based on the cognition in history, he had full confidence in Sun Chengzong, so he said: "Liu Qing is a clerk, and it is normal to have this doubt within his position. But the ancients said that the external move does not avoid revenge, and the internal move does not avoid relatives. Qing and the others don't need to care who recommended Cheng Jiming, they only need to care about whether Cheng Jiming can be qualified for the post of secretary of the ministry. ”

Seeing that the emperor said this, it is estimated that he has already made up his mind, since this is the case, what is there to oppose? It's not fun to offend the official book. Liu Mao bowed and retreated, and the rest of the ministers in the hall who had moved their minds to the opposite side did not say anything again.

After a while, Zhu Daming said: "In this case, from now on, Chengji, the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, will be promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Officials." Then he paused, and then said: "At the same time, the cabinet minister Li Guoyan was added as a scholar of the Imperial Palace, promoted to the first assistant, and was in charge of the official department. As for the candidates for the vacant local governors, the cabinet and the ministry will agree on the candidates as soon as possible. "Li Guowei and Cheng Ji ordered to thank you.