Chapter 255: Order in the court comes first

Ministry of Rites.

Xie Qian, on behalf of the cabinet and the Hanlin Academy, came to the Ministry of Rites to discuss sending people to coordinate the repair of the Ming Dynasty ceremony. Although it was said to be collaboration, it was actually secretly weakening Zhang Zhou's leadership and voice in the process of fine schooling.

This kind of Xie Qian is not here for discussion, it is almost like setting someone on fire.

The one the cabinet favors is Fu Han, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites.

Fu Han, like Guozi Jijiu Lin Han, is from an academic school and is highly respected in the academic world. Zhang Zhou has Cheng Minzheng and Lin Han to endorse him, but the civil servants cannot Just let Liang Chu and the others cooperate, and everything must be equal.

"Yu Qiao, I don't understand why we should let him coordinate the compilation if we want to guard against Zhang Bingkuan." Xu Qiong did not make any sound after the court meeting ended.

It was Xu Qiong who felt that people from the cabinet faction might not take him seriously.

But now that Xie Qian is here, he will ask directly.

We can’t let our etiquette department cooperate with you in doing things. Even the reason is still half-covering your face with a pipa and playing secretive.

Xie Qian sighed, “Xu Butang. , don’t ask about some things. In fact, don’t you know that this book was submitted by Zhang Bingkuan alone? As for whether Keqin and others were helping him behind the scenes, it’s not accurate.”

” "One person"

Xu Qiong also thought this was a bit bizarre and nonsense.

"Cough cough"

Perhaps Xu Qiong was so shocked by this incident that she also coughed.

"Xu Butang, take care of yourself." Xie Qian stood up and consoled him.

Although Xu Qiong is not a traditional civil servant, Xu Qiong is old and prudent after all. He is already seventy-five years old, while Xie Qian is only fifty. Recently, Xu Qiong has repeatedly cited physical reasons for Return to his hometown to take care of himself.

On small matters, there is still great disharmony within the civil service, but when encountering some major issues that require unanimous communication to the outside world, Xu Qiong is not ambiguous.

Xu Qiong asked, "So, is it time to hold Zhang Bingkuan or Cheng Keqin hostage?"

Xu Qiong also didn't believe that Zhang Zhouzhou alone could mess up the Ming Dynasty Huidian. , it can only be explained that Cheng Minzheng suffered too much bullying before, and out of grief and anger, Cheng Minzheng spent the past two months in seclusion at home to study and write the book. After writing it, he presented the book under the guise of Zhang Zhou.

Even Xie Qian’s words just now seemed to imply this.

Xie Qian shook his head, "I've been told that it can't be done accurately, but who knows the reason behind it. Now that the book has been sent to Hanyuan, Zhang Bingkuan asked Keqin and Hengda to go to Hanyuan with him to participate in the correction. How can it be done? What should I do? How about you go together?"

"Farewell"

Xu Qiong will not wade into this muddy water.

At first I thought it was unanimously against Zhang Zhou, the "foreign", but now I think about it, it turns out that this is an internal fight among the civil servants. On one side are Zhang Zhou, Cheng Minzheng and Lin Han, who represent the emperor, and on the other side are Liu A traditional civil servant headed by Jian.

Then I, Xu Qiong, am not a traditional civil servant.Over there, why am I going to join in the fun?

Choose a side at the critical moment. Maybe I want to side with Zhang Zhou.

"His Majesty also asked the Chief of Ceremonies to deliver a message, saying that on the day the book was completed, Keqin would be transferred to Nanjing to take charge of the Southern Hanlin Academy. Speaking of which, Keqin had indeed suffered injustice before. This can be regarded as giving him a chance to return to the court."

Xie Qian almost wanted to shape himself into a "saint".

Look at how generous and kind our traditional civil servants are. Are we trying to help Zhang Zhou? We are wrong. We are helping those lost sheep get back on track

Xu Qiong asked, "What happened after that?" When it comes to merit, Zhang Bingkuan's side"

Xu Qiong doesn't care what Cheng Minzheng does. Cheng Minzheng was originally a Hanlin bachelor. He is not dead. He is only guilty of "not avoiding suspicion". He may come back in the future. .

He wanted to know more about how the emperor was going to discuss Zhang Zhou's contribution to writing books.

Xie Qian didn’t want to say it at first, but in order to show the common ideal of civil servants, he sighed and said, "Your Majesty wants to promote him to the rank of bachelor of the Hanlin Academy."

"Oh."

Xu Qiong's heart was quite inclined to Zhang Zhou's side, but she was a little annoyed when she heard this, "Then it's really better to keep him in the Governor's Mansion with military merit."

Thanks Qian sighed with emotion, "Who says it's not the case? Back then, I was promoted quickly in the Hanlin Academy. It took me fifteen years to get promoted to a bachelor's degree. But he was alas."

No matter what Xie Qian said, it was the same. He was born as a top scholar and has been struggling in the Hanlin system.

He said this because he heard that Xu Qiong was jealous and resentful of Zhang Zhou's promotion too quickly, and wanted to use this as a breakthrough to find more resonance with Xu Qiong, so as to form a check and balance between Zhang Zhou and Zhang Zhou. Zhou’s alliance strength.

Xu Qiong sighed, "I am old and frail, and I don't have many days left in the court. From now on, you will work with him more. As for the ceremony, the entire etiquette department will fully cooperate, but I will do it myself." , so I won’t participate in the period.”

Jealousy is jealousy, and Xu Qiong is not so stupid that she doesn’t know how to take sides.

What good is it to stand with you traditional civil servants?

I was promoted to Minister of Rites, and you still have a lot of opinions. Even now, the scholars outside are still saying that I am a minister. As someone who relies on nepotism to get to the top, I would rather believe you than a ghost because of Yu Qiao's mouth.

I am not even asked to be a vanguard

Xie Qian said with a smile, "Xu Budang should take care of himself. How can we say that we must not only think about ourselves, but also do something for the younger generations in the court?" Be considerate and don't worry too much."

Probably he wanted to remind Xu Qiong.

Don’t just think about your own interests, think about your disciples’ old friends and so on. You may not plan to stay in the DPRK for a few more years, so don’t think about your comrades and whether they want to be good in the future. Doing it in the court

Your son,A grandson, or a nephew of the same clan, has no desire to be an official. The officials and businessmen behind you have no intention of looking for opportunities to be protected by the people in the court.

You Mr. Xu, don’t look down on these three people in our cabinet too much. Every day's work is not just about fighting with the emperor and Zhang Bingkuan, but also about governing the country, or in other words, governing people. Even if Zhang Bingkuan can cultivate a book now, will it be his turn to make decisions on so many big and small matters in the court?< /p>

"Yes." Xu Qiong is also quite sensible.

You and Xie Yuqiao have already mentioned the issue of "younger generations", so we should be more consistent in our stance.

"In the Ministry of Etiquette, Yu Qiao, whoever you can transfer, just speak up. As for this matter, I should keep it a secret and not publicize it to the outside world. Yu Qiao, if Bingkuan really rises in the court in the future You must prepare for this force early, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait until that day"

"Xu Shiyong is just an old fox"

Waiting for Xie Qian to return to the cabinet. Room, when the details of meeting Xu Qiong were told, Li Dongyang couldn't help but comment. < /p>

Xie Qian smiled and said, "It would be better if Xu Shiyong gave up the position of the Ministry of Rites earlier."

Suppressing Zhang Zhou is one aspect.

After all, Zhang Zhou was barely considered a middle-level civil servant, and the emperor would only listen to Zhang Zhou's opinions on some matters.

When it comes to the operation of the court, Xu Qiong's influence will be greater.

For traditional civil servants, they prefer to get rid of Xu Qiong and leave some empty positions to people they admire. They do not regard this as a party member, but just think that it follows a certain kind of rule. "Rules" are the civil servant's own rules.

Li Dongyang said, "In the past two years, the positions of the six ministers in the imperial court have been very stable. They have not been changed for many years. Maybe the next round will start from the Ministry of Rites. But I don't know what your Majesty will do with the Ministry of Cabinet." Idea."

Li Dongyang is quite crisis-conscious.

In the ninth year of Hongzhi, Tu Yu replaced Geng Yu as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Zhou Jing replaced Ye Qi as the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Xu Qiong replaced Ni Yue as the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Xu Guan replaced Liu Zhang as the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Min Gui replaced Tu Yu as the Yushi of Zuodu. After that, the six ministers of the Ming Dynasty and the censor of Zuodu did not make any changes for three years.

Ma Wensheng, the Minister of War, took office in the second year of Hongzhi, and Bai Ang, the Minister of Punishment, took office in the sixth year of Hongzhi, and has been in office longer.

On the contrary, Xu Pu, the former chief minister of the cabinet, took office in the eleventh year of Hongzhi, which became the biggest personnel change in the court.

Based on what Li Dongyang meant, the emperor would either not move, or he might make a big move, and many people might be replaced at one time.

In the past, they did not think that there would be some figures who could influence the order of the court. Even if personnel changes, everything would be within the control of traditional civil servants. However, with the rise of Zhang Zhou in the past two years, The emperor's reliance on civil servants has undergone many changes. Then the next personnel affairsIt’s hard to say how much traditional civil servants can still control the big changes.

Xie Qian said, "I think what Xu Shiyong said is reasonable. Maybe before, it was better to let Zhang Bingkuan get a title and be transferred to the Governor's Mansion. From now on, he would be out of sight." "

In the past, if Xie Qian said such words, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang might have refuted it, but now they don't say anything.

In the past, it was for the convenience of controlling Zhang Zhou, so I kept Zhang Zhou in the Hanlin Academy. I thought that Zhang Zhou could be kept in the position of "Hanlin Minister" for at least four to five years, until the prince came of age and had enough studies. After he succeeds, Zhang Zhou will be able to receive his next promotion, but he is afraid that something unexpected will happen. Now Zhang Zhou is directly going to be promoted to a bachelor's degree in Hanlin.

Is it possible to join the cabinet next?

"Binzhi, what do you think?" Liu Jian asked.

Li Dongyang shook his head, "I think it doesn't make much difference whether Zhang Bingkuan is in the Governor's Mansion or the Imperial Academy, whether he is a civil servant or a military official, or which public house he is in. His Majesty's reliance on him may be deepened. Now I am afraid that others will see this tendency and lean towards him, which will have a greater impact on the court."

"Yes." Liu Jian nodded in agreement.

No matter where Zhang Zhou is, the emperor will trust him when he should, and he will not change when he should ask Zhang Zhou for advice.

But the question is who will be around Zhang Zhou.

If there are only people like Wang Yue, Zhu Feng, and Xiao Jing, traditional civil servants don't need to care about them at all, and they will not be able to influence the order of the court.

But if Cheng Minzheng, Lin Han, or even Xu Qiong, Wang Hao and others start to surround Zhang Zhou, Zhang Zhou's influence in the court will expand instantly, and these people do not necessarily need to "take refuge" in Zhang Zhou. Zhou, it can even be said that he has only a vague connection, which is equivalent to a potential political ally, which is enough to make traditional civil servants drink a pot.

What do traditional civil servants rely on to survive today

Mainly, they rely on the trust of the emperor, and then their indispensable power in governing the country, that is, their connections.

Before, Zhang Zhouguang trusted him and there was no one around him. No matter how awesome Zhang Zhou was, the emperor would not be able to replace the entire court with Zhang Zhou.

But if there is a group of capable people around Zhang Zhou, this group of people can even vaguely replace Liu Jian and others. At that time, even if Liu Jian and others are still in their positions, their influence in the court will also be Big discount.

A new force will rise, and many traditional civil servants will also change jobs

At that time, who is the "orthodox civil servant" will be a different matter.

Xie Qian asked with a smile, "Then do you think it was Bingkuan himself or His Majesty who asked Keqin to go to Nanjing?"

"Yeah"

It seems like a trivial matter. Cheng Minzheng returned to the court and went to Nanjing to become a bachelor of the Academy. But whether the transfer of Cheng Minzheng to Nanjing came from the emperor or Zhang Zhou's proposal is very critical." clue".

Li Dongyang frowned and said, "What you said, Yu Qiao, is absolutely true. If so,The fact was that Zhang Bingkuan took the initiative, so maybe he took the initiative to express his goodwill to me and others, which shows that he has no intention of forming a party. If it is proposed by His Majesty, it is because His Majesty wants to restrain Zhang Bingkuan's tendency to form a party and oppose us. It is beneficial and harmless. ”

“Yeah. "Liu Jian nodded.

This analysis.

If Zhang Zhou wants to play a big game, form his own faction in the court, and drag the troubled Cheng Minzheng into his gang, it is simply It is even more powerful.

There are too many people in the DPRK who sympathize with Cheng Minzheng. The influence that Cheng Minzheng can bring to Zhang Zhou is not comparable to that of Lin Hanneng.

But Cheng Minzheng is unlucky. To be transferred to Nanjing.

What does this mean?

Zhang Zhou still regards himself as a traditional civil servant and does not break out of this category.

Xie Qianyou. He smiled and said, "Is that possible? He just lowered his figure deliberately to wait for the future."

Li Dongyang glanced at him and said, "Yu Qiao, no wonder others always say that you don't know what to say, and you keep talking over and over again." It's all about you. At least for now, Zhang Bingkuan is still in the Hanlin Academy. The advantages of revising books outweigh the disadvantages, and that is enough. As for the future, can you tell me accurately?"

"Yes. "Xie Qian was still laughing.

Li Dongyang said, "But I still feel that if he went to the Governor's Mansion, maybe we wouldn't have to worry so much. It was more direct at that time."

No matter whether Zhang Zhou was more powerful at that time.

But at least the "Jingwei" was "clear". Zhang Zhou became a martial artist, and he became a civil servant.

You don’t have to think about whether to attract or exclude in the future, just do it

It’s better to keep Zhang Zhou in the Hanlin Academy. No matter whether Zhang Zhou is good or bad, they need to worry too much about his advancement and retreat.

Even Li Dongyang feels that it is more difficult to control Zhang Zhou than to let him go to the Governor's Mansion

Duan Jing. Temple.

“Mr. Zhang, you are so awesome. You have cultivated a book yourself, right? How many words are there in the Four Books and Five Classics? Please explain it to me carefully."

Zhang Zhou is still giving lectures to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao heard about it Zhang Zhou was so awesome that he wrote a book, which was mainly due to the help of Liu Jin and others. Then Zhu Houzhao admired Zhang Zhou to the point of admiration.

Zhang Zhou said, "The important thing is not the number of words, but the rules." , you think it is so easy to do research?"

"What do you mean?"

Zhu Houzhao found that his brain was not enough.

Liu Jin smiled and said, "Master Zhang, probably What I mean is that there must be many more words than the Four Books and Five Classics. Think about it, Master Zhang could write a lot of martial arts stories in one night, so the book that took several months to complete would have fewer words."< /p>

"Yes, yes, Lao Liu, I didn't expect you to be quite smart. Let me look at you with admiration. "

"Your Highness is full of praise. ”

Zhang Zhou frowned at the side, watching the master and servant bragging each other in business, and they were quite big-headed.

This kid didn’t learn anything else, but he only paid perfunctory compliments.He learns routines very quickly, and he seems to learn whatever he likes from whomever he follows. Before he grows up, he learns the routines and perfunctory routines of adults first.

"Prince, take out your books when class begins"

Zhang Zhou didn't want to talk nonsense and wanted to act like a strict teacher. He even held the ruler in his hand and was ready to give a good lesson.

Zhu Houzhao said, "You haven't talked about the book repair yet. How did you write so many words? And those martial arts scripts in the past, where did you hear them? Why didn't I hear them before?" Others have told me what you are going to do. Don’t scare me with this thing.”

“I can know the future, so I can use the book from the future to the present, can’t I?”

Zhang Zhou walked up to Zhu Houzhao with a ruler and pointed at the contents of the book. "I'll give you half an hour to memorize these two pages. I'll go out and go back to check. If you can't memorize it,"

"What do you mean, just run away by yourself and let me carry it here"

"Hum, don't carry it, it's up to you to decide what to do when you come back."

Zhang Zhou I'm just here to give Zhu Houzhao homework, and I'm going to see Queen Mother Zhou later.

He also found that whenever he entered a palace, he would be very busy. It seemed that everyone wanted to let him go, and there would always be something he had to do.

Inside Qingning Palace.

When Zhang Zhou came, Queen Mother Zhou did not even stay with Jiang Lu. Everyone retreated, leaving only Zhang Zhou to talk.

The Empress Dowager Zhou had just started "Interpreting Dreams" when she suddenly thought that Zhang Zhou was different from other people, so she changed the topic and said, "If I give His Majesty a concubine now, I am sure of inheriting it."

"Twenty percent ”

Zhang Zhoudao. < /p>

"Haha."

Zhang Zhou smiled.

The old lady just had to tell him directly, besides the Ai family, who else would care about this matter? Once the Ai family dies, you will have no allies if you want to help the emperor get a concubine. Fighting alone.

Empress Dowager Zhou said, "You have always said that the emperor should leave the palace and see more of the local customs and beauty outside. When will you do it?"

Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "Forgive me, the Empress Dowager." , I have no excuse recently, and your majesty will not leave the palace easily. If the so-called worldly beauty is too annoying to the palace."

"Then find an opportunity and let the emperor go to Changning. It’s okay to go to Qingyun Hou’s Mansion. Can’t you just say there is an auspicious sign there and ask the emperor to go and have a look?”

The Queen Mother Zhou seemed very anxious and took the initiative to give Zhang Zhou advice.

Zhang Zhou shook his head, "It's better not to deceive Your Majesty on this matter. If you act too deliberately, I'm afraid His Majesty will reject it. Everything will fall into place naturally."

Zhou The Queen Mother Bai Zhang Zhou said with a glance, "I'm afraid that you are just perfunctory in the end. The two boys from the Zhang family have benefited a lot from you recently. I heard that they are also very complimentary to you. Don't forget that you are for the Ming Dynasty." blessingIs it for the Ai family that Emperor Ming's successors are spreading their branches and leaves?"

"Don't worry, the Empress Dowager, I will step up. "Zhang Zhoudao. Please remember to bookmark, the latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft