After hearing what Zhao Jun said, many ministers in the audience gasped for breath and had different expressions.
At present, due to their term of office or crimes, the heads of the previous first-level institutions have changed a lot.
For example, the former Minister of Finance Cheng Lin was dismissed for breaking the law, and the current Minister of Finance is Xia Song.
After the former Minister of Works Han Ju passed away, he was replaced by Jia Changchao, but Jia Changchao was previously the Minister of Education, so the Minister of Education was changed to Zhang Dexiang.
Zhang Dexiang was previously the Minister of War, but was replaced by Fu Bi, who was recommended by Fan Zhongyan. In addition, the Court of Justice, which is now the Supervisory Yuan, was promoted to the second rank and was then headed by Han Qi.
The previous Chief Censor, Zheng Jian, had also reached the end of his term and was transferred to the Dali Temple as the Grand Court Minister. The new Chief Censor was Yang Gao, a younger brother recruited by Zhao Jun in Huainan. He was a senior and obedient person, making him a very suitable candidate.
There was also Bao Zheng, who was the prefect of Kaifeng. Zhao Jun raised the rank of the prefect of Kaifeng from the fourth rank to the second rank, and after he concurrently served as the alternate director of the Political System Council, he was suddenly ranked among the highest-ranking officials.
Therefore, there are still many new faces among the heads of these first-level institutions, and the political stage and political ecology have changed drastically compared to five years ago.
But there are still old faces.
Such as Zhang Dexiang, Li Ruogu, Ye Qingchen, Chen Zhizhong, Hu Su, Li Zi, Du Yan and others.
However, due to his term of office, he was transferred to another position.
For example, Li Ruogu was previously the Minister of Personnel, and now he has been transferred to the position of Minister of Revenue.
The former Minister of Revenue Ye Qingchen went to the Ministry of Taxation, the former Minister of Taxation Hu Su is now the Minister of Police, the former Minister of Police Du Yan is now the Right Counselor, the former Right Counselor Chen Zhizhong was transferred to the Minister of Personnel, and so on.
There are now as many as sixteen first-level institutions, but there are only seven prime ministers who have the right to nominate. One of them, Fan Zhongyan, is still in Hebei. That means there are only six people who really have the right to nominate.
With the competition so fierce, the expressions of the people below are naturally different.
Cai Qi and Song Shou looked at each other during the match. They were old rivals, but now they looked helpless.
Especially Cai Qi. Although Song Shou of the Lü Party no longer had the right to nominate, they still had Jia Changchao. And with the death of Wang Zeng, the Wang Party had lost the right to nominate. I'm afraid that by the end of his next term, the Wang Party will have completely withdrawn from the stage of history.
Cai Qi was not discouraged, however. He looked at Jiang Tang. Although Jiang Tang was a neutral faction, he was originally promoted by the Wang Party after the compromise. He had privately talked to Jiang Tang yesterday, hoping that he could help recommend members of the Wang Party.
Jiang Tang just remained silent at the time, but now I hope he can help.
The Chuigong Hall fell into silence.
After a moment, Li Di was the first to speak up. "I would like to recommend Xia Song, the Minister of Finance. Xia Song has been diligent and hardworking, and has made great contributions. He has held this important position at the Ministry of Finance for many years without any mistakes. He was also the one who quelled the last riot by the local gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang."
Xia Song finally let go of his anxious heart.
Jiang Tang said, "I recommend Zheng Jian, the Minister of Justice. Zheng Jian is a fair and just man. Even when the case involves the Prime Minister's son, he is not afraid at all. The court needs such an upright official."
Cai Qi breathed a sigh of relief.
Jia Changchao said, "I recommend Zhang Dexiang, the Minister of Education. Since the implementation of the new education system in the Song Dynasty, we have built more than 100 new schools and trained more than 2,000 new teachers. This is inseparable from the hard work of the Ministry of Education."
Chen Zhizhong, Zhang Dexiang and others below looked calm. This was the result of discussion among the members of their Lu Party.
The main reason I recommend Zhang Dexiang is that he is more reliable.
During the Jingyou period, the imperial court opened the first new school in Bianliang to promote mathematics, physics and chemistry education and train many students.
However, it was not until the Qingli period that new schools began to be built one after another.
It’s not that the Song Dynasty couldn’t be built, but that there was a lack of teachers.
At present, the financial situation of the Song Dynasty is very healthy, Zhao Jun's five-way trade plan is also going smoothly, and the domestic business and agricultural environment is generally stable, so there is a lot of surplus money.
But cultivating talents requires more than just money. As the saying goes, it takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to cultivate a person. Education is a long-term plan and cannot be completed in just ten years.
Therefore, the past ten years are just to build the foundation, focusing on cultivating professionals in mathematics, physics and chemistry, and training teaching teachers.
Nowadays, teachers of new schools in the Song Dynasty are often practitioners who failed to pass the imperial examinations, but even so, their salaries are very high, and they are all clerks, that is, civil servants.
If one is well-taught and has excellent grades, he will be recommended to take the civil service examination. The civil service examination is much easier than the imperial examination, and there is also the possibility of entering an official career.
Therefore, with the competition in the imperial examination becoming increasingly fierce, becoming a teacher and then finding a way to qualify for the civil service examination was an important path to a career in officialdom.
The Ministry of Education has made good achievements in recent years. Although Zhang Dexiang is a member of the Lu Party and Jia Changchao recommended him naturally to plan for the Lu Party, it cannot be denied that he has made achievements in the Ministry of Education in recent years.
Chen Zhizhong's political achievements were not as good. He was the head of the Censorate before. As a knife in Lu Yijian's hand to eliminate dissidents, he offended many people. After being recommended, it was possible that other prime ministers would not vote for him. Therefore, to be on the safe side, Zhang Dexiang was recommended.
Later, Yan Shu recommended Du Yan. Du Yan was an upright person and had historically supported the New Deal of the Qingli Period. He was neither a member of the Lu Party nor the Wang Party. He had a good relationship with Yan Shu, so it was natural to recommend him.
When it was Zhang Shixun's turn, he was a little troubled. To be honest, Zhang Shixun and Li Di both belonged to the prime ministers of the previous generation, and his seniority was even older than Lu Yijian. His only advantage was that he lived a long life. He was about to retire, but was pulled back by his old friend Sheng Du.
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