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Chapter 15 Manipulation

Gao Hongtu, the Minister of Revenue, is in charge of Nandu's money bag. His status is only under Shi Kefa, and his qualifications are also under Shi Kefa. Moreover, he has now received full support from Donglin, so it is natural to enter the cabinet.

But for Ma Shiying, who is determined to join the cabinet and become the chief minister, this is absolutely bad news. He will only have a few places to go to the cabinet minister. Since Shi Kefa and Gao Hongtu have occupied two pits, when will he qualify?

He finally realized Donglin's absolute dominance in Nandu. Although old friends such as Li Jian, Chen Liangbi, and Guo Weijing were all watching him, no one dared to stand up and speak first now.

After launching two candidates, Shi Kefa and Gao Hongtu, the Nanjing garrison minister Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong also spoke: "I looked at the list, Jiang Yan and his wife should also enter the cabinet!"

Gao Hongtu, the Minister of Revenue, who had just become a supporting role, immediately took over the topic: "Jiang Yan and her husband are famous all over the world, and they should indeed enter the cabinet!"

Jiang Yanji is Jiang Yueguang, now the Secretary of State for the Nanjing Hanlin Academy. In terms of qualifications and reputation, this Donglin boss can indeed enter the cabinet, but he has a fatal problem, that is, he is particularly enthusiastic and fully supportive of Lu during the Fulu dispute. He is a candidate who Donglin supports Fuwang very much but is unwilling to accept.

That's why Donglin specially asked Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong to nominate Jiang Yuguang. In addition, Gao Hongtu, who is not Donglin, now spoke up for Jiang Yuguang. Jiang Yuguang naturally had a big rise in his voice. Everyone said: "Jiang Yuguang should enter the pavilion!"

"That's right, Jiang Yan and you should enter the cabinet!"

"How could Jiang Yan and her voice look at her, not enter the pavilion?"

Zhang Shenyan, the acting Minister of Personnel who presided over the meeting, was also a big boss of Donglin. Naturally, he could not refuse another big boss of Donglin to enter the cabinet: "Jiang Yue Guangmu, everyone has no objection."

Lu Daqi, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, expressed his agreement: "Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, and Jiang Yueguang's general are good ministers, and the position of the tomb priest should belong to Zhang Tianguan!"

"Tumangzhu" and "Tianguan" all refer to the Minister of Personnel. Although Nandu is still ranked first in the Minister of War, everyone knows that after the cabinet takes office, the Minister of Personnel will return to the position of the first person in the six ministries.

During the national change, the Minister of Personnel in Nanjing happened to be vacant, but the Minister of Personnel was required to be presided over the promotion, so King Fu appointed Zhang Shenyan as the Minister of Personnel in Nanjing to presided over the promotion. Now Lu Daqi not only finalized the list of the ministers who were promoted, but also Zhang Shenyan, the Minister of Personnel, also had to be upheld.

As the acting Minister of Personnel who presided over the meeting, Zhang Shenyan naturally wanted to give in: "This is not necessary. Zhang is already an old man, and he only wants to live his life in the position of General Constitution!"

The General Xian is the left censor of the Censorate. Zhang Shenyan’s current position is the right censor of the Nanjing Censorate. He can only be regarded as the "deputy fair". However, Zhang Shenyan is indeed qualified to say this. He is nearly 70 years old and is older than Shi Kefa. Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang, and Ma Shiying are all round or even two rounds.

However, Gao Hongtu disagreed with Zhang Shenyan's view: "Shenyan, the country needs an old adult like you when it is a matter of trouble. It is better for you to join the cabinet and I will be the Minister of Personnel!"

Xu Hongji, Duke of Wei, immediately said: "The cabinet of Zhang Gong and Gao Gong's Ministry of Personnel are also very suitable, but since the cabinet has already been promoted to Gao Gong, it is better to follow the original proposal!"

Everyone thinks that what Duke of Wei said is very true. Zhang Shenyan is an acceptable solution in every aspect of the Ministry of Personnel. Donglin is extremely enthusiastic and thinks this is a perfect solution.

Now Ma Shiying finally understood Donglin's specific operational ideas. If Donglin already has a relatively advantage in Nanjing, they have now won over Gao Hongtu, Duke of Wei Xu Hongji, and Bo Xincheng Zhao Zhilong, and completely manipulated the entire promotion process.

Gao Hongtu has always been known for his "not attached to Donglin". He has extremely high qualifications and reputation, and has many disciples and old friends. Naturally, no one can stop him from joining forces with Donglin.

Not to mention the Duke of Wei, Xu Hongji, Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong has a great influence among the ministers. The three companies join forces to push whoever they want to push, and directly finalize the candidates. But the problem is that now Ma Shiying is squeezed out of the list of recommendations by them.

This was too embarrassing for Ma Shiying. He originally wanted to enter the cabinet and become the chief minister with his decision-making skills, but now he has been directly squeezed out of the court list. Not to mention the chief minister of the cabinet, even the cabinet cannot enter. Now he is really anxious.

Not only was he anxious, but Ma Shiying's disciples were also anxious about him, but they were not afraid to stand up first because of the serious matter. If they messed up, Ma Shiying's plan to enter the cabinet would be completely broken.

Although Wang Sunfan had an agreement with Ma Shiying, he was still in a good mood to watch the show and immediately said two words softly: "Mibu!"

Ma Shiying finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Wang Sun Fan say this. Although he was not a witness to the Meibu case, he knew the details of the Meibu case well.

Wang Sunfan reminded him that he would give up, not the final outcome. The final decision of the selection was in the hands of King Fu. Maybe King Fu would give a special appointment or even issue a direct order. Even if he was not Ma Yaocao this time, the next time the court pushed Donglin, would he dare not let him enter the cabinet?

But he also knew that this was just a beautiful wish. This time he could not enter the cabinet with the help of his decision. How many opportunities would he have next time?

But what should I do?

And Liu Yongxi didn't expect Donglin to stage another Bu case.

However, Donglin has always had a historical record in this regard. The two major political losses in Tianqi and Chongzhen Donglin were related to the manipulation of court guidance.

In a sense, Donglin made not "political mistakes", but "organizational mistakes" in the true sense, so he completely lost the emperor's trust afterwards.

The fourth year of Tianqi, the governor of Shanxi was promoted. At that time, the Ministry of Personnel had already planned Guo Shangyou. Yin Tonggao, a member of the Donglin Party who was born in Shanxi, and Pan Yunyi, also believed that Guo Shangyou was the best candidate, but Zhao Nanxing, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Wei Dazhong, must recommend Xie Yingxiang, who was related to them.

Huang Zunsu of Donglin had repeatedly dissuaded Zhao Nanxing and Wei Dazhong, thinking that it would cause a big disaster, but Zhao Nanxing and Wei Dazhong were determined to act recklessly and still elected Xie Yingxiang, which eventually led to Donglin's complete defeat in the Tianqi Dynasty.

The list of cabinet ministers was promoted in the second year of Chongzhen. Qian Qianyi, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, and his disciple Qu Shizi, worked together to manipulate the meeting to build a pure Donglin cabinet. Not only did they squeeze out Wen Tiren, the Minister of Rites, but they also deliberately squeezed out Zhou Yanru, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, who also belonged to Donglin, so that Cheng Jiming, who was close to Donglin, became the first-ranked positive referee, and Qian Qianyi became the second-ranked accompanying referee.

Qian Qianyi originally thought that it was almost certain to get into the cabinet, but Emperor Chongzhen had already become suspicious when he saw that Zhou Yanru was not on the list. Wen Tiren, the unknown case of borrowing Qian Qianqiu, impeaching Qian Qianyi and questioning the fairness of the court push. Zhou Yanru even pointed out the unspoken rule that one or two people would be controlled by the imperial guards.

In the end, it was naturally a frightening fight. Not only did Qian Qianyi get rid of his position, but the Donglin Party members also lost power for a long time. It was not until the 14th year of Chongzhen that they jointly operated with the eunuch party and Zhou Yanru was restored and the people were able to get the whole court. This is the famous "Mibu Case".

The current situation is almost the second Meibu case. Donglin has completely controlled Tingtui after joining forces with Gao Hongtu, Xu Hongji and Zhao Zhilong.

Ma Shiying finally made up his mind and gave Liu Kongzhao a wink. Liu Kongzhao understood what Ma Shiying meant and was about to stand up when he heard a loud voice saying: "You all say good words, but I want to add that I think my father's sincerity, Liu Kongzhao should also enter the cabinet!"
Chapter completed!
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