Chapter 45: The new official does not ignite the fire when he takes office
Twenty-seven-year-old Wang Zhizheng was suddenly promoted to the left waiter of the Ministry of War, becoming the youngest official in the history of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Because of this promotion, Wang Zhizheng has produced a butterfly effect in both the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party.
Most of the old seniors in the eunuch party looked down on Wang Zhizheng, thinking that he was promoted quickly by worshipping Wei Zhongxian's grandfather and slapping horses, but when they think about themselves, isn't this how they climb. But there is no love for no reason, but there will always be some hate for no reason. Some people in the eunuch party thought that Wang Zhi was stepping on his shoulders to climb the mountain. For example, Ni Wenhuan, the secretary of Taichang Temple, and Gu Shaochun, the youngest son of Gu Bingqian, the first assistant of the cabinet, and the godgrandson of Wei Zhongxian.
In the Donglin Party, there was a butterfly effect, originally they didn't care about this Wang Zhizheng, thinking that it was nothing more than Wei Zhongxian's dog, and now Wang Zhizheng suddenly stood tall in front of them, becoming the youngest member of the three grades in the history of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and they began to pay attention to this political enemy. believes that this is an important step for Wei Zhongxian to further grasp power. They began to officially set their sights on this political enemy.
Of course, Wang Zhizheng could not explain to the Donglin Party that his real purpose was to eradicate the eunuch party. Because of his true purpose, the more people who know, the easier it is to be discovered, even if it is a friend, not too many.
Wang Zhizheng's immediate boss is Cui Chengxiu, one of the "Five Tigers" of Dongchang, the secretary of the military department (note: roughly equivalent to the Minister of National Defense). Wang Zhizheng has a very good relationship with Cui Chengxiu, every time Wang Zhizheng is made difficult, Cui Chengxiu stands in his position. So in Cui Chengxiu's eyes, Wang Zhi is his own person.
Cui Chengxiu's ambition is to wait until Wei Zhongxian is old one day, and he can't move anymore, and he wants to replace him. Of course, Wang Zhizheng understands his ambitions, and he also knows that this part of his ambition can be exploited.
Wang Zhizhengguan bowed to the left servant of the military department, and went to the military department in the afternoon to take up his post repeatedly. When he arrived at the lobby of the military department, Wang Zhizheng visited his top boss as usual, Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the military department.
Cui Chengxiu is in his early forties, has no beard, looks young, speaks very kindly, and smiles when he talks to others. Nicknamed "Smiling Tiger".
After Wang Zhizheng finished paying homage, Cui Chengxiu smiled: "Lord Wang, please get up quickly! From today onwards, we will run errands in one yamen, and in the future, we will cooperate with each other to share worries and solve problems for the saints!"
Wang Zhizheng stood up and thought to himself, Cui Chengxiu wanted to win him over, so why didn't he make his position clear to him first. Wang Zhizheng hurriedly smiled at Cui Chengxiu's smile: "Lord Cui, this time the nine thousand years old is promoted, and I know in my heart that it is Lord Cui who is your support!"
These words suddenly reached Cui Chengxiu's heart, and Cui Chengxiu smiled and said, "Lord Wang, you are right." That day, the nine thousand years old asked me if I needed a helper, and I told me bluntly that I needed a deputy, and the nine thousand years old asked me who was suitable, and I said, I want to recommend Wang Zhizheng Wang!"
After hearing this, Wang Zhizheng knelt down again: "Lord Cui, on the public, you are my boss, on selfishness, you are my goduncle, on grace, you are my Bole!
Cui Chengxiu has long known that this Wang Zhizheng is very good at his mouth, not only is he good at sneaking around and shooting horses, left and right, but also what he says is in line with people's appetite.
Cui Chengxiu happily patted Wang Zhizheng's shoulder: "Work hard, you are still young, the future is limitless, when you reach the age of this official, you will definitely be able to enter the picture!"
Wang Zhizheng hurriedly said: "My lord, Wang Zhizheng doesn't dare to say that he will enter the phase, but as long as he can help Master Cui, Wang Zhizheng will definitely point where to fight!" Cui Chengxiu was satisfied. He said to Wang Zhizheng with a spring breeze on his face: "Zhizheng, you don't have to do anything today, first gather the heads of the four divisions under your command to get to know each other." ”
Wang Zhizheng has four Lang Zhong under him, and he is responsible for four divisions: Zhou Chengyue in Wuxuan Shilang, Wu Jue in Shilang in the staff division, He Shan in the car driving division, and Xinlun in the Wuku Shilang.
Cui Chengxiu clearly told Wang Zhizheng that Zhou Chengyue and He Shan were his own people, Wu Jue was a member of the Donglin Party in the military department, and Yan Xinlun was the emperor's cousin, and he had no sect.
Wang Zhizheng asked Cui Chengxiu: "Since Wu Jue is a member of the Donglin Party, why don't you find an excuse to remove him?"
Cui Chengxiu smiled but did not speak.
Wang Zhizheng couldn't guess Cui Chengxiu's thoughts this time, and seeing that Cui Chengxiu didn't plan to answer himself, he simply didn't ask.
Chen Xinfeng, the original left attendant of the military department, is also a eunuch person, and now he has been transferred to the ministry as the left attendant, which is considered to make room for Wang Zhizheng, in the afternoon, Chen Xinfeng and Wang Zhizheng handed over the work, and after the work was handed over, Chen Xinfeng came out again to put the four Lang under him together for a meeting.
Wang Zhizheng looked at the four Langzhong, Zhou Chengyue and He Shan, and obeyed his words with a smile on his face, eager to kneel on the ground and shout grandpa, that kind of fleshy appearance made Wang Zhizheng want to laugh. In the Nine Thousand Years Old Mansion, such a character is not on the stage, and now he finally seized the opportunity and desperately slammed up with his boss who was also a eunuch
Yan Xinlun has a lot of respect for himself, but it can be seen. This person is a nerd, if it weren't for the fact that he is the cousin of the current emperor and the son of Princess Qinghe, I'm afraid that he is a nerd, and it will be difficult for him to be a soldier in his life.
Wu Jue is very distant from himself. Wu Jue is a hardcore Donglin partyman, he doesn't understand why Cui Chengxiu didn't clean him up and didn't get rid of him, but this person looks iron-clad. Wu Jue is thin, with an angular face and slightly raised lips, showing the unique arrogance and paranoia of the Donglin Party.
Wu Jue is the same age as himself, less than thirty years old, and he can be regarded as being promoted super fast.
But he did not show obvious estrangement from Wu Jue, and treated the four Langzhong equally.
Wang Zhizheng had never served in any department, and he was a little at a loss to suddenly hand over such a prominent position as Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War to himself. But Cui Chengxiu said to him in private, it doesn't matter if you understand it or not, Jiu Qiansui just asked us to guard this position, guard this territory, and prevent the Donglin Party from making waves, which is enough, as for managing confidential information and handling errands, dozens of officials from the four divisions under him are enough to work.
On the third day of the military department, Wang Zhizheng transferred all the files of Wu Jue, and it turned out that this Wu Jue was Cui Chengxiu's old opponent, a member of the Donglin Party, and the nephew of Gao Panlong, one of the "Eight Gentlemen of Donglin".
According to Wang Zhizheng's understanding, Gao Panlong seized Cui Chengxiu's corruption and perverted the law, grabbed his handle and prepared to put Cui Chengxiu to death, Cui Chengxiu took the opportunity to take refuge in Wei Zhongxian, worshiped Wei Zhongxian as his godfather, and Wei Zhongxian saved Cui Chengxiu's life.
In March this year, Cui Chengxiu finally took revenge, he faked the ZJ tax supervisor Li Shi's book, falsely accused Gao Panlong and others of corruption, and Wei Zhongxian took the opportunity to search for Donglin party members. In March this year, Gao Panlong was humiliated and committed suicide by throwing himself into the water.
Wu Jue swore revenge for his uncle, Cui Chengxiu saw that Wu Jue had a heart for revenge, but he didn't get rid of him, so he asked Wei Zhongxian to transfer Wu Jue to his subordinates and serve as a staff officer.
After analysis, Wang Zhizheng suddenly realized. He learned the ins and outs of Wu Jue, so he decided to quietly woo Wu Jue.
After all, Wu Jue is the nephew of Gao Panlong, one of the "Eight Gentlemen of Donglin" who was killed by Wei Zhongxian, relying on this relationship, with his uncle's reputation in the Donglin Party, Wu Jue has obtained rich political capital!
Although Wu Jue is young, he is still an important role in the Donglin Party.
If he can pull Wu Jue into his command, and in the future, he will support King Xin to ascend the throne and cut off the eunuch party, and he and King Xin Zhu Youzhen will have a strong foreign aid!
After making up his mind, when he returned home in the evening, he asked his concubine Liu Qingqing if he knew this Wu Jue. After Liu Qingqing heard this, he immediately said: "Wu Jue is the nephew of Gao Panlong Gao Shangshu. Gao Shangshu was killed by Wei Zhongxian, and as Gao Shangshu's nephew, Wu Jue still had a very high status among the Donglin Party. ”
Wang Zhizheng said to Liu Qingqing: "This Wu Jue is now a staff member of the Ministry of War, serving under me, Cui Chengxiu knows that Wu Jue hates him, so he deliberately descended to Wu Jue and secretly surrendered, put him in the Ministry of War, and waited for the opportunity to find a handle to get rid of him." ”
After hearing this, Liu Qingqing looked at Wang Zhizheng and said, "You must protect Wu Jue, and you can't let him die in the hands of Cui Chengxiu." Wang Zhizheng nodded and said: "Not only to protect him from dying at the hands of Cui Chengxiu, but more importantly, through him, I want to gain the support of the Donglin Party in the DPRK and King Xin." You know, I can't come forward, after all, I'm a spy, and I want to bring this Wu Jue over as our spokesperson. In the future, he will contact and call the Donglin Party bigwigs in the court. ”
After hearing this, Liu Qingqing secretly admired Wang Zhizheng's mind, and she cast an admiring look at Wang Zhizheng.
Wang Zhizheng didn't notice it, just drank tea and continued to ponder.
Liu Qingqing smiled: "Husband, you can tell me what you need me to do." ”
Wang Zhizheng looked at this confidante and cast a loving look at her. "Husband", this is the first time, when there are no outsiders, Liu Qingqing calls himself "husband". Wang Zhizheng only felt that his heart was filled with happiness.
Wang Zhizheng held Liu Qingqing's slender hand: "Qingqing, I will let you get acquainted with Wu Jue through someone who knows you in the court, and convey my heart to Wu Jue." ”
Liu Qingqing nodded: "I'll do it tomorrow!"
Wang Zhizheng waved his hand: "No, don't worry, I want Wu Jue to show his hatred for me, and then you can tell him, in this way, it will be beneficial to me." If you say it directly, I'm afraid that Wu Jue won't be able to show his hatred for me, Cui Chengxiu is scheming, I'm afraid of arousing Cui Chengxiu's suspicion of me!
Liu Qingqing is a glass heart, of course she understands it as soon as she hears it, she smiled slightly and said, "Husband, I understand." ”
Wang Zhizheng looked at Liu Qingqing, a weak woman who was busy all day long, because she was busy, she often went out to contact, her skin was tanned, her body was getting thinner and thinner, and she didn't apply powder fat anymore, she didn't look as beautiful as before, and she became dark and thin. But her temperament is still so gentle, resolute and intellectual.
Looking at the haggard Liu Qingqing, Wang Zhizheng held her Qianqianyu hand distressedly: "Qingqing, you look a lot haggard." Things between men, but they have to involve a weak girl like you to run around. ”
Liu Qingqing said resolutely: "No, my lord, this is not just a matter between men, it is also a matter of righteousness, and there is more hatred in the body, Qingqing must do nothing in this life, and he must do this! If he can get rid of the eunuchs, avenge my father Zhaoxue, and restore his old man's reputation and status, so that Liu Qingqing's life Qingqing will also die with a smile." ”
Wang Zhizheng listened to her expression, and looked at her gently: "No, how can you say such a thing, righteousness must be served, you must live well, I still hope that one day I can stay with you for a long time!"
Liu Qingqing looked at Wang Zhizheng and smiled: "Okay, I promise you." ”