Xia Yan didn't know whether Yan Song was so afraid or not, but because of this, he looked down on Yan Song's three-pointer in his heart, and felt that it was the right choice to help Yan Song ascend.

After all, it seems that Yan Song is favored by the emperor, but he is not a very rigid person.

Xia Yan did not go around with Yan Song and said directly: "You are highly valued by Your Majesty and have made contributions to the country. You can be said to be a capable minister of the country. I intend to recommend you as a cabinet minister in the political discussion office!"

Xia Yan said that and glanced at Yan Song.

Yan Song instinctively raised his eyes and looked at Xia Yan, and couldn't help but take a step forward, but then he quickly lowered his eyelids: "Yuan Fu meant to recommend the minister as the cabinet minister. What kind of virtue can he do..."

"You don't have to be modest. I know you should have entered the cabinet long ago, but someone doesn't want you to enter. You should know who you don't want you to enter. Who you have offended repeatedly for so many years in the Ministry of Agriculture. You should know that you are a businessman!"

Xia Yan said, then slapped his hand at the table: "Xu Jin looked down on the emperor, made merchants outside, benefited the people, accepted bribes and was greedy, and even almost destroyed the foundation of our Ming Dynasty for several times. If this thief is not eliminated, it will be unfavorable to the country;

Moreover, he also relied on his own to be honest and manipulated the throne, and belittled the turbid ministers. He said that you are not a righteous minister. He was in power for a day. Not to mention that you are Yan Song, you are not at peace, your Majesty can't sit well, the people in the world can't keep peace, and the eldest son can't inherit the throne!"

Yan Song saw Xia Yan criticizing Xu Jin's guilt so aggressively, and felt that his aura was too domineering. He couldn't help but think about the fact that he was humiliated by Hou Lu in the past. The reason was that his political behavior was not in line with the interests of the merchants, which meant that he and Xu Jin would definitely not be able to get together.

Although there is no direct evidence to prove that Xu Jin is related to Hou Lu, Yan Song, like most officials, believes that Hou Lu's confession is not fake, but Xu Jin is just too cunning.

Of course, when Yan Song heard Xia Yan say this, he also understood that Xia Yan could not tolerate Xu Jin and wanted to support him, but he had to agree to Xia Yan's promises.

Yan Song heard Xia's words that he supported the eldest son as the crown prince, and he should have formed a gang with Xu Jin when Zhou Luo and others were not as good as the wise man. But no matter what, Xu Jin is now considered his common enemy with Xia Yan.

Therefore, Yan Song decided to agree to Xia Yan: "According to Yuanfu's attention, the subordinates will definitely follow the order of Yuanfu!"

Xia Yan smiled and saw Yan Song agreeing: "Let's wait for the news."

...

At this time, Xu Jin also began to discuss with his accomplices who should be recommended as cabinet ministers.

Yan Song was naturally not within his consideration.

"Yuan Wei, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, is the major shareholder of the largest trading company in Cixi, Zhejiang, and is also the master of His Highness the Second Prince. The teacher might as well recommend Mr. Yuan to sell him a good deal for the second prince. Now the eldest prince naturally cannot count on him. The second prince has always loved the virtuous, so he can take this opportunity to show his good news."

Xu Jin's student Deng Dong couldn't help but say.

Xu Jin also nodded: "Yuan Gong is very literary and elegant, a noble minister, and a noble family from Tanhua. It is naturally very suitable, but this minister of government affairs is not only me. In addition to the chief minister, there are also Zhang Rong and Jiangdong. Therefore, you have to tell the second prince that Xu Jin is willing to do his best, but there is no guarantee that it must be him."

"The teacher is going to rest early, and the students are leaving!"

Deng Dong naturally understood what Xu Jin meant. He seemed to say that it was impossible to guarantee, but in fact he spoke out the ministers whom the outside world still knew about.

In this way, Xu Jin did not need to walk around in person, and Yuan Wei and the second prince behind him naturally knew to walk around.

Although the new court promotion method and the new government decision-making method have not yet been known to everyone in the world, the senior officials of the empire have no time to criticize how much power this reform will lose. Instead, they have adapted to this change and began to use new rules to gain more benefits for themselves.

...

Zhu Houzhao also learned these trends from Xichang, but he did not make any statement. He was happy to see the civil and military officials and generals below running back and forth for promotion and title, and fighting for power. He just needs to ensure that the general direction of the empire remains unchanged.

"Your Majesty, Yan Song and Xia Yan have been discussing secretly in the Agricultural Science Institute for a long time today. This is what they say."

Gao Zhong of the West Factory handed the notebook to Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao looked at it briefly and couldn't help but sigh inwardly: "History seems to have not changed. The two of them are still together, but I don't know if they will part ways in the future and are incompatible with each other."

The next morning.

The Political Consultative Office held another meeting.

Zhu Houzhao still arrived here in person, and Xia Yan still read a list of suitable promotions to cabinet ministers.

Immediately afterwards, Xia Yan began to express his recommendation: "Your Majesty, I recommend Yan Gong, the Minister of Agriculture, to the cabinet. Yan Gong was a Jinshi in the 18th year of Hongzhi. He was a veteran of the country and was a loyal person. He has always loved the people and was loyal to the emperor. He was especially good at dealing with sudden disasters and solving the people's difficulties. If the peace is coming today, the number of people has increased rapidly. The cabinet needs a minister who is good at promoting people's livelihood. Therefore, I recommend Yan Gong to the cabinet."

Zhu Houzhao nodded. He knew that yesterday, none of the four ministers in front of him were idle and were secretly engaged in various alliances. Now Zhu Houzhao intends to disrupt the deployment and directly called out: "Second assistant Xu Qing, tell me your opinion first."

Xu Jin was stunned for a moment. He wanted to wait for Zhang Rong to say first. After all, didn’t Xia Yan say yesterday? It was supposed to be the military minister Zhang Rong, the British Duke, who said it first. But now the emperor named him, he could not resist the order. He had to give an apologetic look to the British Duke Zhang Rong first, and then said: "I recommend Yuan Gong, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, to enter the cabinet. Yuan Gong has a good character and is always literary. The cabinet is the center of the world's literary politics. He should focus on both German and literary talents, and this is the most suitable one."

After Xu Jin said this, he glanced at Xia Yan, with a provocative look in his eyes.

Xia Yan just smiled slightly, waiting for Zhang Rong and Jiangdong to speak.

Xu Jin was also waiting for Zhang Rong and Jiangdong to speak. Although he had to sigh that the Ming Dynasty had reached the point where the election of a cabinet major minister was decided by a warrior, he was still confident that Zhang Rong and Jiangdong would support him. After all, he also believed in the energy of the second prince and believed that these two people could not give the prince face.

Zhang Rong and Jiangdong did have a headache at first, because Xia Yan was undoubtedly what they were willing to support in their hearts, but they had to give the second prince a face.

However, Zhang Rong and Jiangdong were glad that His Majesty the Emperor asked Xu Jin to speak first, which made Zhang Rong and Jiangdong have an idea at once.

Zhang Rongxian reported to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, I abstain from power. Neither Duke Yan nor Duke Yuan, I cannot decide. They are all ministers of the country. Whoever enters the cabinet is a blessing for the world!"

Jiangdong also said, "Your Majesty, I have also abstained from power. It is really hard to make a decision. In the dynasty, there are no wise men in the countryside and no mediocre men in the court. Two people can enter the cabinet!"

Abstained?!

They all abstained?!

Xia Yan was very surprised. He didn't expect that both of them were scrambling to abstain!

Xu Jin didn't expect that, and he couldn't help but shouted in his heart: "Why did you abstain from power? What can't be decided? Yesterday, you were not very decisive, why did you abstain from power today? I, Xu Jin, don't believe that the Second Prince's Highness did not say hello to you!"

Zhang Rong showed an apology to Xia Yan and Xu Jin. If Zhu Houzhao did not let Xu Jin express his recommendations after Xia Yan first and made him know that the person recommended by Xu Jin was the same as the second prince recommended, he would not know what to do, and he did not know whether to give Xia Yan face or the second prince face.

After all, giving Xia Yan face means giving face to the eldest prince, let alone Xia Yan's interests are the same as those of him, but the reserve position is not yet determined, and the second prince cannot offend him.

Therefore, Zhang Rong could not make a decision before Xu Jin said it, but now he knew that Xu Jin had the same meaning as the second prince, so he just abstained and kicked the ball to Jiangdong, so that Jiangdong would decide whether to help the eldest son or the second son.

Jiangdong naturally abstained from the right and kicked the ball to Emperor Zhu Houzhao.

"These two old foxes!"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but curse in her heart. He naturally knew that Zhang Rong and Jiangdong wanted to not offend each other.

Zhu Houzhao naturally knew in advance that the two were in a difficult situation, so she asked Xu Jin to express her recommendation first, and expected that if he did this, the two would abstain from the right.

In this way, the candidate for the cabinet minister will be decided on himself, the emperor.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao was not unhappy after cursing the two of them secretly, and only said, "The Duke of England and Jiang Aiqing abstained from power, and Xia Qing recommended Yan Song, and Xu Jin recommended Yuan Wei. You two can make a statement."

"I obey the order and report to Your Majesty that the cabinet is no better than the local area. Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh food. As the center, the cabinet naturally requires an old minister to be in charge. Although Mr. Yuan is talented, he is inevitably talented but not talented. He is good at managing the Ministry of Rites, but being a cabinet minister is inevitable that he is not good at civil affairs." Xia Yan said first.

Xu Jin also said bluntly: "Your Majesty, I believe that the priority of the election is to be a person of character. Strictness and gentleness and flattery are the ones who flatter and are not suitable for being a minister of the cabinet! Yuan Gong is highly respected and admired by the world, and he is even more suitable for being a civil servant in the world!"

Zhu Houzhao nodded. He could see that Xu Jin was also very dissatisfied with Yan Song, and it was more obvious than Xia Yan's unwillingness to let Yuan Wei enter the cabinet.

However, Zhu Houzhao did not want Yuan Wei, a Qingliu official who was a southern merchant, to enter the cabinet, because once Yuan Wei entered the cabinet, Xu Jin would be like a tiger, and wouldn't the cabinet become a Qingliu department, and the court's major policies to expand externally could not be maintained.

So, Zhu Houzhao said: "Since that's the case, my intention has been decided!"

Zhu Houzhao said that, then glanced at Xia Yan and Xu Jin. He naturally decided to let Yan Song enter the cabinet. After all, Yan Song had at least an obedient advantage, but he could not let Xu Jin see his purpose too deeply, so he deliberately continued to pull Xia Yan out to block the gun:

"After all, Xia Qing is the chief minister. In order to support Xia Qing's government affairs in the cabinet, he proposed to Yan Song as the Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion, to prepare for the flight service in the cabinet, and to be appointed as the junior division! He is still in charge of the ministry!"

Lost?

Have you lost again?

The reason is that Xia Yan is the chief assistant, and the emperor also wants to give the chief assistant face!

Xu Jin was naturally extremely depressed, especially when he saw Xia Yan's proud look, he was even more anxious and couldn't help but look pale and took a few steps back.

"Xu Qing looks very bad. Let's go to the court. After the court, remember to see the imperial physician. Tomorrow, we will discuss the recommendation of the position of Zuodu Censor." Zhu Houzhao said and got up and left, and then couldn't help but smile. He could imagine how depressed Xu Jin was now. The Minister of Personnel was not from his own school, and now he was not even a newly added cabinet university.

Xu Jin was indeed very depressed, but because of this, he hated this court recommendation method more and more: "This system of government-speaking ministers is clearly beneficial to his Xia Yan!"

There is naturally a reason for Xu Jin to think so, because Xu Jin's weight is that many civil servants below support him, and Xia Yan was favored by the emperor. Therefore, if it was the former court recommendation, Xu Jin could operate the candidates for court recommendation by supporting him by many civil servants. Now the number of participants in court recommendation is small, and except for himself, they are close to Xia Yan. Even the emperor who played the final decision-making role is closer to Xia Yan.

Therefore, Xu Jin naturally hated the current method of court recommendation by the ministers of state.

But Xu Jin did not dare to object to himself, and could only follow this system, and also had to work hard to take down the important position of Zuodu Censor, that is, let his people still control the Censorate.

"Tomorrow, the Council of Political Consultative Conference will promote the position of Zuodu Censor. Now the Minister of Personnel has become Wen Yuan, and the new ministers have become Yan Song. They are not officials of our merchant class. If the Censorate is no longer in our hands, how can we merchant class officials seek more rights for those with propriety!"

After conveying the news provided by Xu Jin, Zhu Longxi, the right assistant minister of the school, couldn't help but say to his accomplices.

"It's a pity that this minister of political affairs was appointed by a group of martial arts ministers. It's really unjust in the world! I just don't know who the Prime Minister intends to recommend as the General Constitution, but what can I do?"

Huang Rugui couldn't help but ask.

"The Ge Lao said that he had expected that Xia Yan would recommend his fellow Minister of Works Wu Shan as the left censor of the Left Chief, while the Ge Lao intended to elect Gong Cheng, the Minister of the Academic Department. Now he had to find a way to make the other two ministers discussing politics willing to elect Gong Cheng. Fortunately, Gong Cheng and Gong Jiang were in-laws, so Gong Jiang undoubtedly supported Gong Cheng. The key now lies in Gong Zhang Rong."

Zhu Longxi said.

"According to the wishes of the cabinet, we need to immediately jointly submit a memorial to impeach Xia Yan, so that the British Duke Zhang Rong and Xia Yan had to keep a distance. At the same time, the second prince would come forward to persuade the British Duke again." After Zhu Longxi said this, he took out the memorial: "If you have no objection, will this joint memorial be submitted?"

Everyone said no objection.

Xia Yan also said to Yan Song here: "I intend to recommend Wushan. He is from Jiangyou like you and me. Moreover, Wushan has always been upright. What's more important is that like Wen Gong, he supports the establishment of a legitimate position and the chief position, and the position cannot be suspended for a long time!"

"Yuan Fu is indeed brilliant," Yan Song flattered him.

...

At this time, Zhu Houzhao, who was in the deep palace, also learned from the West Factory that these civil servants were walking in private. Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but laugh: "It's true that they all have their own thoughts, but I still have the final say in the world!"
Chapter completed!