Chapter 307: Interrupted Transactions (I)

Regardless of whether Wu Zongxian lost his temper or not, what he shouted out was very likely to happen, and Fan Hongdao's officialdom career was over. Because this practice of taking a group of people to beat the drums is an act that does not follow the rules and routines, and officialdom is the place where rules and routines are the most important.

Unspoken rules are not a mandatory golden rule, you can pretend that it doesn't exist, but if you break it, you will become different. To be alternative means to be non-mainstream, to be excluded from the mainstream. In the end, the end can only be "the whole world is turbid, I am alone", and I am cut off from the road of fame and progress.

To sum it up in one sentence, you Fan Hongdao can't do things like this, it's just harming others and yourself!

The right gate of Chang'an, where the Dengwen drum is located, is in the west, and a little way to the east is the Chengtianmen, which is the Tiananmen Gate of the later generations. Entering from the Chengtian Gate is the end gate and the noon gate, and after the noon gate and then to the east is the Huiji Gate, and the Ming Cabinet office is in the Huiji Gate.

Shoufu Shen Shixing sat in Wenyuan Pavilion and frowned, his life has not been easy recently, and he has been united by a group of oppositionists to gather fire. It should be said that I don't know how many times something like this has happened, since I became the first assistant, there has been a difference every three or five times, and the siege of the first assistant by foreign court officials has simply become a major feature of the new era of the Wanli Dynasty.

Last time, someone took the opportunity of the literary master Wang Shizhen to enter Beijing, and suddenly attacked him, and he was caught off guard and almost succeeded, but fortunately, Wang Shizhen was inexplicably angry to death in Guozijian, which allowed him to draw his salary from the bottom of the kettle and defuse the opposition's offensive.

Only three or two months have passed, and a new wave of attacks has appeared, and the momentum is greater than the previous ones. And what worries Shen Shoufu even more is two points, one is that the opposition has shown signs of convergence, and the Kedao Qingliu forces and Li Zhi and other three red forces have joined forces to besiege him;

The second is that there are signs of instability among the people around him, Wu Shilai, who has always been an ally of the Zuodu Imperial History, seems to have deliberately connived at the impeachment of the Imperial History, and Wang Xijue, a cabinet scholar who has always cooperated happily, also has an ambiguous attitude.

The more he thought about it, the more tired he felt, and Shen Shixing felt that there was no Shoufu who was more tired than himself in the past hundred years. In the past, Shoufu was mainly the Son of Heaven, but now he has to deal with both the Son of Heaven and the attacks of the imperial court's official forces. Even if the siege can be resolved this time, I am afraid that it will not be long before there will be another one.

Like the tide, the high tide and the low tide seem endless, and there is no hope of a complete solution in sight at the moment. Because this situation seems to be what the Son of Heaven is happy to see, he wants to prevent the second Zhang Juzheng from appearing.

Shen Shixing had a vague premonition that the artificially created political confrontation would only make the view of the door more and more intense and become a vigorous party dispute. When the political ecology deteriorates to the point of no return due to partisanship, the consequences are unimaginable.

If it really develops to that point, and he is unable to return to the sky, he will simply resign and leave, maybe he can still keep his name before and after his death, if he is greedy for wealth and love stacks, maybe even a good end will be rare, Shen Shoufu thought. However, he also understood that this idea could only be thought of but not said, otherwise his own forces would collapse immediately.

Just as Shen Shoufu was thinking about how to resolve the current predicament, another cabinet scholar, Wang Xijue, came in. Shen Shixing knew that Wang Xijue would not have nothing to do at this sensitive time.

Originally, the relationship between Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue was not bad, and Shen Shixing also knew that Wang Xijue and the Qingliu forces were not all the way, and they had a common language in this regard, otherwise Shen Shixing would not agree to let Wang Xijue enter the cabinet.

But in this siege of the cabinet, Li Zhi and other red forces wanted to promote Wang Xijue as the first assistant, because Wang Xijue used to be Li Zhi's teacher. This made the relationship between Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue a little awkward, people's hearts were separated, and Shen Shixing was not sure what Wang Xijue thought in his heart.

Wang Xijue said to Shen Shixing very hesitantly: "Li Zhi's actions are not my intention. ”

Shen Shixing remained silent and did not answer. It doesn't matter what he says, the key depends on his actions, Zhao Kuangyin also said that it was not his intention to add the yellow robe, but someone else pushed him into the pit.

Wang Xijue took the initiative to promise again: "I will persuade Li Zhiyan to stop fighting and not add fuel to the fire." ”

Shen Shixing still didn't answer, he silently thought that if there were no other conditions attached, then this sentence was worth replying.

Then he heard Wang Xijue say: "Yang Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials is old, and he is still narcissistic, and there are a lot of criticisms at home and abroad. ”

Of course, Shen Shoufu knew that Yang Wei had been criticized a lot, and he was the target of repeated attacks. Because the inner court and the outer court are two relative concepts, and the official department Shangshu is the head of the civil officials of the outer court, in the eyes of the hundred officials, it should be the leading figure in the negotiation with the cabinet on behalf of the outer court, but this Yang Shangshu is very obedient to the first assistant, which really makes many people dissatisfied.

Shen Shoufu's power is far inferior to that of the previous chiefs, and his control over the foreign dynasty is weaker than that of the previous generation.

Therefore, Shen Shoufu was stubbornly carrying all kinds of criticism, and he refused to let Yang Wei retire. The power of the Ministry of Officials is very great, and it can even compete with the Cabinet University Scholars, and it is difficult to find such an obedient Ministry of Officials again.

Shen Shixing also understood that now Wang Xijue came over and took the initiative to say that letting Yang Shangshu resign and leave, it should be the meaning of the quid pro quo, so he asked: "Then who do you think can be recommended to replace Yang Shangshu?"

Wang Xijue replied: "You can recommend Wu Shi, the imperial capital of Zuodu." ”

Shen Shixing sighed secretly, Wu Shilai can be regarded as his ally, he has been trying to enter the official department for many years, but he has not supported him, just afraid that he will have a resentful heart. Now he finally can't hold it back, and he has taken Wang Xijue again, taking the opportunity to force himself into the palace?

Shen Shixing had to admit that Wang Xijue was also calculating. If Wu Shilai becomes the secretary of the ministry, Wang Xijue will receive such an Austrian aid as the secretary of the ministry, and he can copy the model of mutual assistance between the scholar and the secretary of the ministry.

It seems that Wang Xijue is still quite embarrassed, knowing that relying on a fortunate figure like Li Zhi as the first assistant is "not in the right position" in public opinion, and he will inevitably be ridiculed in the future, so he doesn't want to lose this face. But it would be a pity to let go of the opportunity in vain, so simply take a roundabout route, use the opportunity to further enhance his strength, and make a fortune in a muffled voice.

Individuals in the court knew that if the cabinet wanted to control the foreign court, it must first control the ministry. A cabinet scholar who controls the ministry is afraid that his power is no less than that of the first assistant, and it will be a matter of time before he becomes the first assistant.

Shen Shixing probed again: "Are you sure you recommend Wu Shilai, not Shen Li, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, or anyone else?"

Shen Li is the banner figure of Qingliu, and now he is the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and the Qingliu forces have always wanted to push Shen Shangshu to go further.

Wang Xijue said with certainty: "I recommend Wu Shilai, the official department is the head of the foreign dynasty, and his status is very important, and Shen Li's qualifications are not as good as Wu Shilai." ”

From this, Shen Shixing can judge that Wang Xijue is still drawing a line with the Qingliu forces, in order to avoid being attacked on both sides, is he really forced to back down this time?