Wang Zeng's funeral was ordered by Zhao Zhen and personally presided over by the Council of Political Affairs.
Except for Lu Yijian who attended the funeral due to health problems, everyone attended the funeral and expressed their condolences to Wang Zeng.
Zhang Shixun and Li Di are both in their seventies and almost eighty years old, but Lu Yijian is actually only sixty-eight this year.
But historically, he has been dead for three years now, and the grass on his grave is probably three feet high.
This is enough to show that Lu Yijian's health has always been poor.
Now it was simply because he stayed in the capital for many years, unlike in history when he was dismissed from his post as prime minister and then transferred to various places to serve as a prefect, where he died of illness due to the constant travel.
But his health was still not optimistic. After Wang Zeng passed away, Lu Yijian also took sick leave again, and the Constitution Council was missing a prime minister again.
For a time, there was a turmoil in the court. The ministers of various departments, especially those in the first-level institutions under the Constitutional Council, were all undercurrents and became active.
It was not just them. Even Han Qi, who was far away in the northwest, became restless when he heard the news that Wang Zeng had passed away and Lu Yijian was seriously ill.
In late July, the sun was blazing high in the northwest. In Chengji County, the seat of Qinzhou, Han Qi, the head of the Supervisory Council and governor of Shaanxi Province, was sitting in the pavilion in the backyard of the former Qinfeng Road Transport Commissioner's residence in the city.
Warm sunlight streamed down, illuminating his desk. The stone table in the courtyard was covered with numerous maps of the Shaanxi border, the most common of which contained military intelligence reports from Huizhou, Xi'anzhou, Huaidezhou, and Huanzhou.
Sitting next to him was a middle-aged man, Han Rui, the military judge of Qinzhou. He was also the youngest son of Han Qi's uncle. Because Han Qi's uncle died early, Han Rui was entrusted to Han Qi's father Han Guohua for care. Therefore, Han Rui has been Han Qi's follower since he was a child.
However, Han Rui did not pass the imperial examination and entered the officialdom thanks to the favor of his father who passed away early. For so many years, he had only been polishing himself among the middle and lower-level officials. This time, Han Qi was transferred to the northwest, and Han Rui happened to be a magistrate in Qinzhou, so the two brothers got together.
In the courtyard, Han Rui saw Han Qi staring at the map on the table in a daze, and asked in confusion, "Eleventh Brother, why are you still looking at this?"
"If not these, what else should I look at?"
Han Qi said without raising his head.
Han Rui asked anxiously: "Didn't you hear what I said just now?"
"Did you hear that?"
"Then aren't you anxious?"
"What's the rush?"
Han Qi said lightly.
"There's no rush."
Han Rui was speechless and said, "Prime Minister Wang passed away, and Lord Lu is on sick leave. This October, there will be another election for the Constitutional Council. According to the Council's decision, the term of office for the Vice Prefect is five years, or at most ten years. Prime Minister Song and Prime Minister Cai are also... "
Han Qi did not speak, but looked at the map quietly, occasionally taking out one and glancing around.
Just now, Han Rui came over in a hurry and told him a great news: Wang Zeng passed away due to illness, and Lu Yijian was also on sick leave. There were only nine people left in the Council of Constitution.
That is, Zhao Jun, Song Shou, Cai Qi, Fan Zhongyan, Yan Shu, Zhang Shixun, Li Di, Jiang Tang, and Jia Changchao.
From the establishment of the Constitutional System Council, Zhao Jun, the Director of the Council, stipulated that the Associate Director of the Constitutional System Council could not serve indefinitely. Basically, the term was five years. If a person did not perform well, the government, the Director of the Council, and many Associate Directors would need to vote on whether to support his re-election.
Although the original three prime ministers and three councillors have been re-elected so far, and even according to the government's nostalgic thinking, Cai Qi and Song Shou are very likely to break the rules set by the Zhiyuan and continue to be re-elected.
But this does not prevent the huge staff vacancies in the Constitutional Yuan.
Judging from the size of the previous session of twelve people, at least three more people must be added this time. Then the heads of first-level institutions such as the Ministry of Finance, the six traditional ministries, the Ministry of Education, the Censorate, and the Censorate will be able to be appointed naturally.
This is also the current rule and order for promotion in officialdom. That is, if you want to be the head of a first-level institution, you must have experience in various second-level and third-level institutions.
In order to join the Constitutional Council, one must serve as the chief official of a first-level institution and concurrently serve as the alternate director of the Constitutional Council.
It is impossible for second-level institutions such as the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Taxation, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Transport, the Imperial Court, the Ministry of Statistics, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Geology, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to directly skip this level and enter the Constitutional Court.
In the past, Han Qi would definitely not have had a chance, because the former Dali Temple and the Court of Criminal Justice, which were the predecessors of the Supervisory Yuan, were second-level institutions with slightly lower weight.
Later, Zhao Jun increased the power of Kaifeng Prefecture and, by the way, promoted the Dali Temple and the Supervisory Council. In this way, all these institutions, including Kaifeng Prefecture, became first-level institutions, and their chief officials were given the title of alternate Tongzhi.
In this way, Han Qi has a chance.
But Han Rui's words were clearly forgotten by him, as if he had no thoughts at all. This made Han Rui even more anxious, and he said, "Eleventh Brother, don't you want to take a step forward? Join the Political Affairs Council and become prime minister?"
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Han Qi let out a long sigh and turned his head to look at his cousin.
He is the sixth child in his family, with five older brothers, but he is ranked eleventh in the family hierarchy, so he has a good relationship with his fourteenth brother.
It's just a pity.
His younger brother is only in his thirties, but his political wisdom is far inferior to his own. Otherwise, how could he have served as an official for so many years and become a seventh-rank military judge in a state?
Thinking of this, Han Qi shook his head and said, "I do want to go further, but after thinking about it, it's probably not now."
"Why?"
"I'm only thirty-nine years old this year. Serving as the Director of the Supervisory Yuan is already a difficult feat. Do you think it would be so easy for me to enter the Constitutional Yuan?"
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