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Chapter 2708 Guizi Juan Vote (1)

The arrival of Emperor Xuanshun means the official start of the entire Great Court Meeting and the Meeting of Important Ministers.

The agenda for the meeting has long been set, starting with cabinet nominations.

According to the rules, nominated by the cabinet ministers, plus five important ministers seconded, and approved by the emperor, they can become candidates for the chief assistant to participate in the voting.

Gu, Guan, and Qiao are naturally all right. Nominated by cabinet ministers, all three of them are cabinet ministers, so they are naturally qualified. It's no problem to have six Huguang scholars.

Because Gu, Guan, and Qiao are all candidates for the current cabinet's chief assistant, the meeting was postponed in turn and Feng Ziying presided over it.

"Everyone, everyone has witnessed the nomination process just now. Please ask the two imperial censors to notarize whether there is any error."

The two censors stood up.

Liu Sihui, the imperial censor of Zuoqian Capital, was the magistrate of Fengrun County a few years ago, and he was an acquaintance with Feng Ziying, who was the magistrate of Yongping Prefecture at that time, because of the refugees crossing the border.

However, Liu Sihui was from Jiangxi, and later entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate as the censor, and was promoted to Zuoqian capital censor the year before last.

Needless to say, Ma Shiying is the censor of Youqian capital.

The only regret is that the imperial censor of the capital is only a fourth-rank official, and he is two levels behind the imperial envoy of the deputy capital.

But in this meeting of important ministers to vote, Yushi, the left and right capital, acted as the scrutineer.

Both Liu Sihui and Ma Shiying came out to confirm that the nomination procedure was in compliance with the regulations, and asked the important ministers below if they had any objections. The important ministers below also smiled and shook their heads, expressing that they had no objections.

"Okay, everyone, after following the procedures, Mr. Liuji, Mr. Dongxian, and Mr. Ru Jun all meet the nomination requirements and have obtained the qualifications for nomination. Since the nominees recommended by the cabinet this time are different from the past, and there are more than one nominees, then It also means that the next important ministers will vote on three candidates, and the one who gets more than half of the votes among the [-] important ministers will be elected as the chief assistant,..."

Feng Ziying stood in the center of the hall, looked around, and then said loudly: "Here, as the host of this meeting, I will formally confirm to the three candidates whether they want to participate in this round of voting, whether they need to withdraw,... ..."

Although such an ending had been expected for a long time, when Feng Ziying officially announced that the three candidates were shortlisted, it still aroused the sighs and emotions of the important officials below.

Since Shen Yiguan served as the chief assistant during the Yuanxi period, the voting method of important ministers has actually begun to be implemented.

However, no matter whether it was Shen Yiguan, Ye Xianggao, or even Qi Yongtai later, the result was more negotiated and agreed by the cabinet and important ministers, and it was just going through the procedure.

They are all one candidate, which is equivalent to a vote of confidence from the important ministers, and this candidate for the chief assistant is also the result of the agreement of the leaders of the scholars in Beidi, Jiangnan, and Huguang, and it is unlikely that there will be any changes.

However, when Qi Yongtai resigned due to a serious illness and handed over the position of chief assistant to Gu Bingqian, it was because he took the initiative to hand over the power before the term of office expired. It represents most of the Jiangnan scholars, so as long as the two sides reach an agreement, there are basically no surprises.

But this time it was different.

Gu Bingqian's weakness made the cabinet unstable, and both Guan Yingzhen and Qiao Yingjia had the qualifications and strength to challenge Gu Bingqian, especially when they agreed that Gu Bingqian would step down and hand him over to Guan Yingzhen when his term expired, but now Gu Bingqian It is confirmed that he has not served a full term, but should be handed over to Guan Yingzhen after the new term expires.

Of course, such a change was unacceptable to Guan Yingzhen.

If we wait another five years, will the next Qiao Yingjia wait?Obviously impossible.

Five years is enough to change everything. Guan Yingzhen cannot accept such a result if there is any possibility.

Qiao Yingjia was also unwilling to wait.

Gu Bingqian's weakness and Guan Yingzhen's fundamentals are too small, making him feel that he is fully qualified to challenge. When Feng Ziying grows up five years later, will he still have the confidence to suppress it?

At that time, I am afraid that Feng Ziying will be in charge.

So Qiao Yingjia had no choice.

As Feng Ziying's cadenced voice echoed in the hall, Gu Guanqiao and the three of them shook their heads slowly.

At this time, it is impossible to quit. Even if they fail, they can calmly face the groups behind them.

If you withdraw at this time, it will also be a huge blow to your morale.

"Well, since none of the three are willing to quit, let's move on to the next procedure, voting."

Feng Ziying seemed very calm, and of course he knew that nothing would change by this time.

There was a commotion in the hall. At this time, the important ministers began to talk instead of whispering. They all held a piece of jade jade in their hands, with their official names and lives engraved on it, and voting was to put the jade jade into the placed bottle.

There is also a problem in the middle. Once the three fail to win the majority, it means that the voting method needs to be changed, and a vote of confidence needs to be conducted for everyone.

But there is a sequence involved in this, who comes first?

It is really hard to say whether it is the first voter, the last voter, or the middle one who is more suitable.

But all this will have to wait until after the first round of voting is over to determine.

The three jade vases were placed on the table so that everyone could see them all at a glance.

It is not a secret ballot, but a signature vote, and it is under the watchful eyes of the public, and the votes will be counted one by one, and no one can obscure their position.

Feng Ziying can't tell whether this method is good or bad, but he thinks it's good. It may be difficult to sit on the fence. At least you have to give your followers or those who support you a reasonable explanation.

"Okay, please vote in turn,..."

It will be done in the order of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Eighth Ministry, the General Secretary, the Five Temples, and the Shuntian Mansion, and the cabinet ministers will vote last.

The left and right censors and the left and right deputy capital censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate took the lead.

The Censor of Zuodu, Han Yu, and the Censor of Right, Yang Lian, put the jade jade in their hands into the jade vases of Qiao Yingjia and Guan Yingzhen respectively, which was expected.

But Fushi Fu Shi, the left deputy capital behind, is a touchstone.

Everyone knew that Fu Shi belonged to Feng Ziying. Although he was from Jinling, whether he would vote for Gu Bingqian depended on Feng Ziying's attitude.

All eyes were focused on Fu Shi, and even Fu Shi, who had always been calm, seemed to sense the pressure on his body, and subconsciously shrugged his shoulders, as if he wanted to remove the invisible pressure formed by the gaze.

The atmosphere in the entire hall was almost stagnant, who Fu Shi voted for would be a weather vane.