Chapter 629: Untitled (Part 2)

After the imperial recommendation, the ministers of the ministries and the cabinet were in mixed emotions. The results of the imperial recommendation were reported to the Ministry of Personnel, and the cabinet ministers were also in mixed emotions.

This was a large-scale imperial recommendation that was completely out of the control of the cabinet, and it might even be the first time in recent decades.

It is hard to imagine that a young man who had been in the court for two years and was only a fourth-rank official could actually complete such an operation.

In the political tradition of the Ming Dynasty, the results of the imperial recommendation of the ministers of the outer court could only be finally decided by the emperor. The selection of officials belonged to the emperor, and even the Ministry of Personnel was only acting on his behalf in theory.

The cabinet could use off-site factors to interfere with and influence the imperial recommendation, but it could not veto the results of the imperial recommendation in terms of procedures, otherwise it would be a major political event.

So with the end of the imperial recommendation, this period of turmoil was over, and the court could finally be quiet for a few days.

Shen Yongmao, the eldest son of the Shen family, walked out of his house with a step that did not recognize his relatives, and got on his horse to work in the Ministry of War.

After more than half a month of suffering, he was caught in the middle because of his special identity, and he finally got some relief.

At present, all he had to think about was how to bring Lin Jiuyuan and his father together for a meeting.

When passing by the right gate of Chang'an, Shen Yongmao saw from a distance that there were more than a dozen people standing under the wall watching something.

Any experienced official in the capital could guess that someone must have posted a poster again. In recent years, there have been more and more cases of posting large posters on the streets to criticize current affairs and discuss politics.

After Lin Jiuyuan entered the court the year before last, he gave this kind of large poster posted on the street a name called "big-character poster", which is quite descriptive.

Uncle Shen thought that since he was passing by, he would take a look and turned his horse's head to pass by.

When others saw Shen Yongmao, for some reason, they took the initiative to make way.

As a result, Uncle Shen didn't even need to get off his horse. He just went up to take a look. He saw that it was written with sharp strokes:

"Before Yiyou (the 13th year of Wanli), the Prime Minister Shi Xing was like a rat in prison, and he was still restrained and did not dare to do anything;

After Yiyou, Shi Xing was like a tiger at the corner, and he was violent and could not be offended!

Why is it so? He is the party of Jiuyuan Lin Tailai!

Anyone who deceives the emperor and deceives the superiors, how can he not bear to do it? Who dares to offend Jiuyuan Lin Tailai?"

Shen Yongmao: "."

Other people around him stopped reading the "big-character poster" and looked at Uncle Shen.

After Uncle Shen came to his senses, he roared: "Is it over yet!"

The same trick, again!

Shen Yongmao then turned his horse's head and galloped all the way home, successfully stopping his father at the gate.

"Calm down! Be sure to calm down!" Uncle Shen tried his best to persuade, but his eloquence was not good, and he kept repeating the word "calm down".

Prime Minister Shen's face was livid. They were a bunch of rubbish who dared not face Lin Tailai and only dared to provoke the honest Prime Minister! Should an honest person be insulted wantonly?

After a thousand twists and turns in his mind, Prime Minister Shen finally claimed to be ill and could not go out.

Lin Tailai did not care about the Prime Minister's mood. The most troublesome thing at present was the location selection of the Communication Department of the Ministry of War.

The members of the Preparatory Group for the Communication Department of the Ministry of War currently include the leader Lin Tailai, the deputy leader Ke Ting, the member A Wang Shiqi, the member B, and the member C.

After several inspections, the members of the group unanimously agreed that the vicinity of the Jiaofangsi Hutong in Dongcheng was not suitable as an office address.

The southern area of ​​the imperial city was still the best. Everyone wanted to work here, but it was too difficult for latecomers to carve out a place in this golden government district.

Members B and C in the group were both students of the Imperial Academy. They participated in the literary conference and were promoted through Lin Tailai's inspection.

On this day, team member Yi Zhishu privately reported to Lin Tailai: "Mr. Jiuyuan! I have a plan that will definitely help our company win a place, but it will take some time to be effective."

Lin Tailai was very surprised. Benzhenxian couldn't think of a solution for a while, so what ideas could you, a student, have?

Yi Zhishu vowed: "As long as you lend me ten servants, it will be effective in a few days at the earliest and half a month at the latest!"

From then on, every night, Yi Zhishu brought ten strong men to the door of the Honglu Temple Minister He Laotou's house, and cursed "traitors" and "the prime minister" until midnight.

After ten days, He Laotou was exhausted and retired directly.

Without waiting for the court to retain him, He Laotou left his official position and left, and Honglu Temple was instantly leaderless.

Then Yi Zhishu immediately reported back, saying, "Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission and succeeded! I can go to the Honglu Temple to enclose some land."

Lin Tailai: "."

This kind of person of humble origin can really risk his face. Other people around him, even Zhou Yingqiu and Gu Bingqian, would not do such things as blocking the door and cursing in the street.

Yi Zhishu also offered a suggestion: "Mr. Jiuyuan is in the Ministry of Personnel. In the near future, please be careful not to let the Ministry of Personnel nominate the Honglu Temple Minister. Let the Honglu Temple Zhengqing be vacant for a while."

Lin Tailai sighed secretly. Sure enough, there are many talents among the "grassroots", but they just lack opportunities.

After that, during this period of time, Lin Tailai led his servants to quickly grab half of the Honglu Temple's territory as the office address of the Ministry of War's Communication Department.

And he urgently borrowed a batch of military craftsmen from Li Rusong to build the isolation wall first, and then began to build the main hall.

Lin Tailai had only one request for this, to build the main hall of the Ministry of War's Communication Department before he left Beijing!

At the end of August, Ye Mengxiong, a Jinshi in the Jiajing Dynasty who was promoted from Shaanxi Governor and Governor-General of Ningxia to Minister of Works, came to Beijing at the age of 61.

Although Minister Ye was born in a remote place and had always been an official in the local area, his connections in the court were not strong, but who in life does not have a few relationships with people of the same year and hometown?

Besides, in the officialdom, the Shangshu who sits in the hall is ranked among the seven ministers, which is higher than the governor-general, so there will definitely be no shortage of people to please him.

Therefore, at the reception pavilion outside the city, Shangshu Ye was greeting a group of officials who came to greet him.

Looking at the smiling faces full of flattery, Shangshu Ye was filled with emotion.

He had never thought that with his vague upper-level relationship, he could be promoted to the Shangshu of the Ministry of Works and ranked among the seven ministers of the court.

There are more than 20 governors and six or seven governors-general in the country. Why did he get the good thing?

Originally, I thought that after completing the aftermath work, it would be enough to be promoted to the governor-general of the three borders, and I didn't think about the Shangshu.

Fortunately, I have a good temper. When I suppressed the rebellion in the first half of the year, I didn't quarrel with Lin Jiuyuan who tried to grab my power.

It is true that taking a step back will calm the sea, and forbearing for a while will make the sea broad.

Otherwise, if the court lacks a minister, Zheng Luo, the governor-general in the northwest, is more suitable than himself.

Under normal circumstances, Zheng Luo should return to the capital to serve as a minister, and he should take over Zheng Luo's position as the governor-general.

As a result, Zheng Luo, who had a disagreement with Lin Tailai, continued to stay in the northwest, while he was able to return to the court with honor.

Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves was heard, and everyone looked in the direction of the sound, only to see a group of knights riding tall horses, galloping from the direction of the city gate.

Not far away, the tall and majestic knight in the lead shouted loudly: "How are you, Mr. Ye!"

The officials at the reception pavilion were shocked when they recognized the person!

This is Lin Tailai Lin Jiuyuan! Lin Jiuyuan actually came to greet Ye Mengxiong in person! This courtesy is incredible!

You know, even when Wang Tianguan came to Beijing last year, Lin Tailai did not come out to greet him in person!

Could it be that in Lin Jiuyuan's mind, the Minister of Works is more important than the Minister of Personnel?

Ye Mengxiong was also confused. Having worked together for several months in the first half of the year, he understood Lin Jiuyuan's habits very well.

At that time, Lin Jiuyuan was extremely rude to him as a nominal leader.

But now that Lin Tailai had shown him a favor, he treated him with great courtesy, which was really weird.