The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

Seeing that no one objected to the principle of "independent of goods", Wang Tianguan struck while the iron was hot and said:

"The qualification issue has been agreed upon in this way, so the second article of today's nomination regulations is about the arrangements for the selection process."

Then he explained: "After the scope of alternatives is expanded, there will be too many potential candidates. There are more than 20 people present, I'm afraid everyone has their own account.

In order to prevent the emergence of ten or twenty candidates, and then it is difficult to negotiate the situation with everyone talking, it is necessary to make corresponding arrangements for the selection process to ensure the smooth progress of the nomination. "

Someone with an impatient temper shouted: "The Heavenly Officials should quickly clarify the regulations and start from there! No matter how you recommend them, in the end, doesn't it depend on people's popularity?"

Wang Tianguan looked a little impatient at others, so he said succinctly: "The selection process is arranged in two rounds, the first round is called the preliminary discussion, and the second round is called the decision!

In the first round of preliminary discussions, everyone can nominate a candidate. As long as more than half of the ministers agree, the nominee will automatically become a candidate and participate in the second round of resolutions.

In the second round of resolutions, the candidates are discussed and the two most famous ones are elected as the final result! "

The charter proposed by Wang Tianguan is concise, clear, and highly efficient. There is nothing to object to.

It's better than dozens of people fighting in a group and arguing with each other.

Sometimes it's okay to argue for two or three hours without any results, and there are also those who say they get into a fight out of a hurry - don't think that civil servants won't fight anymore.

Of course, since Lin Tailai started working in the court, when he was present, the phenomenon of fighting in court meetings disappeared, and ministers would not choose to take action no matter how impatient they were.

So to be honest, Lin Tailai also made outstanding contributions to the civilized progress of the court meeting order.

After setting today's schedule, it's time for the much-anticipated shake-up session, and everyone can't wait.

This time, the scope of eligibility has been expanded. Everyone seems to have friends and relatives who can mention it and give it a try. What if it works?

Several governors and governors who were not present were raped and slipped out, playing the role of throwing stones and asking for directions.

However, the reality is a lesson for those who take chances. It is not easy to get more than half of the votes.

None of the exploratory nominations that were thrown out at the beginning received a majority, and most of them only received a few scattered votes.

Today there are twenty-one ministers participating in the Tingtui. About one-third are from the Qingliu Party and the Shanshan-Shaanxi Gang. About one-third are from the Lin Party and the remaining members of the Shen Party. The remaining one-third belong to the chaotic camp.

Therefore, if we want to get more than half of the votes to pass the primary election this time, we must at least gain the support of one party between the Qingliu Party and the Lin Party, and then win over a few loose votes.

How can ordinary retail investors do this? Being nominated is also cannon fodder.

Lu Guangzu, who had been worried about being disturbed by random items, felt relieved when he saw that all the random nominees had not passed.

It seems that the impact of "not limited to goods" is not as big as imagined, but I still have to keep it focused on myself.

So Lu Guangzu stood up and said, "I recommend Xu Guo, the former great scholar of Wuying Palace!"

After this nomination was announced, the slightly noisy Dongchao Room instantly became quiet, and everyone thought "Holy shit" in their hearts!

Everyone suddenly realized that there was such a special bachelor before the opposition.

A year and a half ago, Xu Guo was forced to resign because of the Xizhimen Zhonglie eunuch incident.

In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, it is not uncommon for retired ministers to come back to work in the cabinet. There is no problem with the rules.

But the special thing about Xu Guo is that firstly, he is Lin Tailai's teacher; secondly, if he comes back, he will probably replace Zhao Zhigao as the first assistant.

After all, according to the rules, whoever enters the cabinet earlier will be ranked first. Xu Guo entered the cabinet in the twelfth year of Wanli. If he comes back, he will definitely be ranked above Zhao Zhigao.

There are many precedents for this matter. For example, after Xia Yan came back in the 24th year of Jiajing, Yan Song was demoted to the second assistant.

So it can even be said that excluding the three people who just resigned, Xu Guo is the only person who is theoretically possible to take away Zhao Zhigao's position as chief assistant.

Anyway, after Lu Guangzu proposed Xu Guo, six people from the Qingliu Party and the Shanshan Gang immediately agreed.

Then several people who were not on good terms with Lin Tailai, or who were friends with Xu Guo, also agreed.

Therefore, those who agreed with Xu Guo easily surpassed half of the votes and became the first candidate to enter the resolution today.

Lu Guangzu couldn't help but smile, today was a good start. As long as Xu Guo can be promoted, it will be considered a success, and nothing else matters.

Originally, the atmosphere in the Dongchao room was quite relaxed. It was almost the Chinese New Year, so everyone recommended the two pavilions to be happy.

But after Lu Guangzu's coquettish maneuvers, the atmosphere suddenly became tense and even tense.

You know, in the past few years, the cabinet minister who had the fiercest exchanges with the Qingliu forces was none other than Xu Guo.

Today, Lu Guangzu recommended his old enemy Xu Guo, apparently because "Xiang Zhuang's sword dance was intended for Pei Gong." Firstly, he wanted to get rid of Zhao Zhigao's first assistant, and secondly, he was disgusted with Lin Tailai.

At this moment, no one was talking or laughing anymore, they all looked at Wang Tianguan.

Lu Guangzu has launched a big move, how should Mr. Tianguan respond?

Wang Tianguan coughed a few times, and then he saw Xu Shen, the general envoy, stood up and said, "I recommend Lu Guangzu, the censor of Zuodu."

Everyone: "."

Lu Guangzu's operation is already exciting enough, but he didn't expect it to be even more exciting?

After all, Lu Guangzu still "borrowed his strength to fight", but you, the Lin Party, just took advantage of it?

Everyone knew that the ministers standing here had their own reasons, and none of them wanted to join the cabinet.

The ones who really wanted to join the cabinet were assistant ministers like Zhao Yongxian, who were not too old but had no future, and only had the idea of ​​trying to join the cabinet.

Lu Guangzu looked at Xu Shen in surprise, and then at Wang Tianguan, who had no expression on his face.

So the so-called "regardless of qualifications" was completely aimed at him?

Xu Shen explained the reason: "Since it is said that qualifications are not restricted, non-Hanlin can also be recommended.

Then Lu Zongxian is the oldest and most experienced minister in the court, and of course he is the most qualified to join the cabinet!"

This reason is naturally very sufficient. As a living fossil of the officialdom who passed the imperial examination in the 26th year of Jiajing, Lu Guangzu, who is already 71 years old, is definitely the most qualified person to join the cabinet in terms of qualifications.

A scene similar to the previous one appeared, but this time it was the Lin Party who agreed unanimously.

But on the side of the Qingliu forces, there were some contradictions. There was no plan in advance, and it was easy for everyone to have different ideas when encountering emergencies.

Some people were against it, but some agreed after hesitation, probably because they thought it was a good thing for Lu Guangzu to join the cabinet.

In addition, there were votes from the neutral camp who "did not want to offend Lu Guangzu", so Lu Guangzu passed the initial discussion very smoothly and became the second candidate to join the cabinet.

So the atmosphere in the East Court Room changed from tense to weird again.

Lu Guangzu was a little bit annoyed. He had opposed Zhao Shoufu's proposal before and strongly demanded that he should be recommended by the court.

If the result of the final recommendation by the court was himself, what would the emperor do?

Fortunately, this was only the initial discussion. In the resolution, he must be eliminated. As long as Xu Guo could be recommended to the throne, it would be a success!

Wang Tianguan scanned the crowd and asked, "Are there any more nominations?"

Yang Junmin, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, suddenly said like a prank, "I recommend Wang Tianguan!"

Since we are going to mess around, let's all mess around.

Why didn't Lin Tailai beat you to death in Yangzhou? Wang Tianguan cursed in his heart, and then replied: "I am the person who presided over the court recommendation, and I should avoid suspicion."

Yang Junmin greeted everyone and said: "Do you agree?"

Wang Tianguan said with a hint of meaning: "Court recommendation is a serious matter, and I advise you not to make trouble."

Except for a few accomplices, no one really jumped out to follow Yang Junmin to make trouble, so Yang Junmin's "nomination" was not passed.

No one wants to be retaliated by the Minister of Personnel. Even if you are not afraid, there are still relatives and friends.

After suppressing the unstable factors, Wang Tianguan asked everyone again: "Are there any more nominations?"

Another remnant of the Shen Party, Zhan Yangbi, suddenly said: "Former Minister of Rites Shen Li?"

Everyone felt like they had seen a ghost. Why did the people on the Lin Party push the people of the Qingliu forces?

Just now it was Lu Guangzu, and now it's Shen Li. What is the intention of the Lin Party? Why can't I understand it at all?

However, when they heard the name "Shen Li", some people still sighed secretly, and finally there was a serious nomination.

If there must be a standard answer for the imperial nomination, then it may be Shen Li. If the political situation in recent years is normal, it would be Shen Li's turn to enter the cabinet.

If Shen Li is still in the court, he is almost the only senior official left, second only to Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue.

Moreover, Shen Li is the leader and founder of the Qingliu forces, with both qualifications and reputation. If he doesn't enter the cabinet, who will?

But the Qingliu party members present are still very entangled. Should they invite Shen Li back to wade in the muddy water?

But Shen Li's own conditions are too strong, and it is not easy for anyone to openly oppose it on the surface, so Shen Li's nomination was successfully passed.

Lu Guangzu secretly deduced in his heart, if Shen Li and Xu Guo could be recommended to the cabinet, plus the candidates recommended by Wang Jiaping, would it be enough to monopolize the cabinet? This result seems to be possible?

At this time, Wang Tianguan was like a machine, only asking repeatedly: "Are there any more nominations?"

No one spoke for the time being. With the three people who had set a good example, Xu Guo, the former deputy assistant, Lu Guangzu, the most senior person in the outer court, and Shen Li, the standard answer, there was no one more qualified.

Recommending others would be humiliating in front of these three people.

Objectively speaking, these three people seemed to be the most qualified people.

Zhong Zhenji, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, who had been very low-key recently, stepped out and said with a wry smile: "I also recommend someone."

Just when everyone was surprised, they heard Zhong Zhenji say again: "Lin Tailai, the assistant reader of the Hanlin Academy, the junior minister of the Taichang Temple, and the doctor of the three ministries."

The people who had started to whisper to each other were silenced again. Zhong Shilang, what are you kidding? Is Lin Jiuyuan qualified?

Also, didn't you offend Lin Tailai three months ago? What does it mean to recommend Lin Tailai at this time?

Do you want to pit Lin Tailai or praise Lin Tailai? Why can't you understand?

Zhong Zhenji said innocently: "The ministers agreed to be free of rank, so why can't Lin Tailai, one of the top six, be elected?

Now Lin Tailai is already a fourth-rank official, not much worse than a third-rank official, and the Grand Secretary is only a fifth-rank official."

Before everyone could finish their thoughts, Ye Mengxiong, the Minister of War, jumped out and said loudly: "I agree!"

The next wave, Wang Tianguan, the Minister of Personnel, Wang Yongji, the Right Vice Minister of Personnel, Zhou Cai, the Minister of the Supreme Court, Xu Shen, the Minister of Public Administration, and Zhan Yangbi, the Left Vice-Chief Censor, all expressed their agreement.

After hesitating for a moment, Yu Shenxing, the Minister of Revenue, and Chen Yubi, the Minister of Works, also expressed their agreement.

If they don't stand up to support Lin Tailai, then the Lin Party will have to support them both to join the cabinet.

Under the death gaze of Ye Mengxiong, the newly transferred Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, had to agree.

Zhang Mengnan, the nephew of the former Prime Minister Gao Gong and the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, also came out to agree.

As a result, Lin Tailai's seemingly very improper nomination was passed by a narrow margin with just over half of the votes of eleven votes.

The Qingliu Party members looked at this absurd scene in front of them and fell into collective silence. They didn't understand what the opponent was trying to do.

It seemed that after they successfully nominated Xu Guo, things had been out of control.

Wang Tianguan looked at the sky and said to everyone: "It's getting late! It's better to make a quick decision!"

Then several clerks carried a table into the East Court Room, with pens, ink and a stack of paper on it.

Wang Tianguan said again: "There are four candidates now, Xu Guo, Lu Guangzu, Shen Li, and Lin Tailai. Each of you take turns to step forward and write two candidates on paper!

The two people who are nominated the most times will be the result of today's court recommendation!

For the sake of fairness, from now on, no one is allowed to whisper to each other and collude with each other!

Please, in the spirit of responsibility to the court, write down the most suitable candidates you think!"

Lu Guangzu blurted out subconsciously: "Isn't this appropriate?"

Wang Tianguan glanced at Lu Guangzu and asked: "Why is it inappropriate? I dare to ask General Lu, where is it unfair to let everyone write down the candidates freely?

Do you still want to interfere with others, General Lu? Otherwise, you will be the Tianguan?"

Then everyone took turns to step forward and write two names. After writing, the paper was collected aside and not made public for the time being.

After everyone finished writing, Wang Tianguan personally called out the names one by one.

After the statistics were completed, Wang Tianguan solemnly announced:

"Lu Guangzu is the first candidate in this court recommendation! He was recommended by 15 people in total!"

Lu Guangzu: "."

How can you not understand at this time? The seven or eight people on the Lin party must have voted for him!

Adding his own party and some scattered votes, he got a high vote of 15!

Fifteen out of 21 people voted for him. When has the Ming Dynasty ever been so united?

Everyone just felt that this court recommendation was so magical. Xu Guo and Shen Li, two big poets, couldn't beat Lu Guangzu who seemed to be here to make people laugh.

But the next moment, something even more magical happened. Wang Shizhen continued to announce: "The second place is Lin Tailai, recommended by 11 people in total!"

Everyone: "."

Who is the funny person in today's court recommendation, Lu Guangzu, the oldest important official, or Lin Tailai, the youngest important official?

As for whether Xu Guo or Shen Li is the third, Wang Tianguan didn't continue to announce it, because the third and fourth places are meaningless.

Everyone was deeply skeptical. Would the emperor approve the funny result of Lu Guangzu and Lin Tailai's recommendation?

How did the result turn out like this step by step? Something seemed to have really happened in the middle. I really couldn't figure it out without reviewing it.

Wang Tianguan looked at Lu Guangzu with pride. He really had no other intention today, just to have fun!

Do you think others can't guess that you will recommend Xu Guo?