"Second Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother, Master agreed."

Zhu Zaiji came back from the back door, ran to Zhang Xuan's hospital room again, and shouted excitedly. And Zhang Xuan, who was still unconscious just now, actually smiled and sat up.

"Bring me that Dan Bai Gui, I'll smoke some."

Zhu Zaiji wanted to get it, but he felt that something was wrong, so he quickly shook his head and said, "Second senior brother, you just bear with it!" Even if you are sick and not that thing, Master has also said that smoking too much is not good for your health, and I still hope that you will live for a few more years! ”

Zhang Xuan shook his head helplessly.

"Your Highness, I am a decrepit old man, and now I can hand over my position to the master, and I have died without regrets, can you just let me be happy?"

"No way!" Zhu Zaiji snorted coldly: "You just stay honest!" Yang Ge is almost eighty years old, and he is still alive and vigorous, and I also hope that one day, my senior brother can continue to work for Daming! ”

Zhang Xuan shook his head again and again, very helpless, he understood Zhu Zaiji's intentions, but he also knew that he was really old and couldn't hold on.

Now only Wang Yue can take charge of the overall situation.

He is not digging a pit, he can only say that he will calculate.

If the master is promoted to the position of first assistant, then he will die without regrets.

"That's it, I'm just a hard worker, wait! Let me also see how Master plans to be this first assistant! ”

Zhang Xuan said these two words, his forehead was full of cold sweat, he was really sick, and his health was extremely bad. Zhu Zaiji helped him and asked Zhang Xuan to lie down, and after a while, the first assistant lord who had worked hard for more than ten years finally fell asleep, and his brows were stretched, and there was no more sorrow.

On the ninth day of Zhang Xuan's illness, Wang Yue returned to the capital, and the cabinet was rotated by Zhai Luan, and the other important ministers of the court and the central government were all in order, without the slightest abnormality.

But if you look closely, you will find that there are many people in tandem in private, and the big guys are nervous and excited, and it is difficult to suppress it.

I have to say that during Zhang Zhang's reign, he squeezed the officials too hard.

Not only did he have a clean and honest style, he did not allow officials to be corrupt, but he was not sloppy in his treatment of government affairs, and every yamen and every chief official arranged a large number of government affairs, and they were the kind that had to be implemented.

Whoever does not do well will affect the evaluation.

What made the big guy the most angry was that Zhang Xuan changed the six-year Jingcha and the three-year plan to once a year...... From top to bottom, no one can run.

Zhang Xuan personally gave the main hall of each department, every prefect, county, comment, and assessment of political performance, if anyone does not do a good job, it will be six departments, two capitals and thirteen provinces, all of which will be clear.

Although the officials of the Ming Dynasty are looking forward to becoming famous, it is not a good thing to be famous in this way.

The hundred officials were made trembling by Zhang Xuan, and they didn't dare to be careless for a moment.

Now that Zhang Xuan is sick, he can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

But this is temporary after all, and the pass is who the next first assistant will be!

According to common sense, it should be the second assistant Zhai Luan's successor.

But there is no doubt that Zhai Luan, regardless of his ability or prestige, is not enough to lead the cabinet.

Even if he becomes the first assistant, it is just an ornament, and he will even become the weakest first assistant in history. It is destined not to work for a long time, and sooner or later it will have to be replaced.

So who is suitable

Gui Cao, the heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials, and Fang Xianfu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, are both very good candidates.

They are all imperial parties, and they all advocate changing the law, but it is obvious that these two people are not the same as Wang Yue and Zhang Zhang's reform faction.

It's a pity that Xi Shu and Xia Yan were expelled from the court, otherwise with these adults joining forces, they might really be able to fight against Wang Yue.

Of course, as long as Zhang Xuan is not there, the cabinet has changed the first assistant, and it is good to just be yang and yin, and you can take a breath.

As for letting Wang Yue take over as prime minister, no one has even thought about this kind of thing, what are you kidding, Wang Yue is not a person from the court at all, and whoever is the first assistant will not be able to take his turn!

……

"Wang Yue, as soon as I returned to Beijing, the Queen Mother told me that you are the first assistant. I came here in a hurry, just to ask you what I want me to do before you are willing to take over as the first assistant."

Zhu Houxi said very calmly: "You can open conditions, no matter what the conditions, I will agree to you!" ”

Zhu Houxi's directness surprised Wang Yue, in fact, he had thought about it repeatedly in the days before Zhu Houxi's return, and it was not without reason that Zhang Xuan, the first assistant, should be here.

In the final analysis, what is the position of Shoufu

Is it the prime minister?

Is it the secretary of the Son of Heaven?

It seems to be both, and it doesn't seem to be either...... Since Zhu Yuanzhang abolished Zhongshu Province, there has been no such thing as a prime minister in the Ming Dynasty.

Six books, each in charge of a stall, directly under the Son of Heaven...... In fact, if you think about it carefully, the Ming Dynasty did not really abolish the prime minister, but Zhu Yuanzhang served as the prime minister with the respect of the emperor.

Lao Zhu has to deal with hundreds of government affairs every day, but everything is too big and small, and he has to take care of everything.

Obviously, this is no longer a monopoly of the world.

As for the next emperor, no one can do this, there is no way, so they can only find someone to help.

In the outer court, the emperor found the old scholar of the pavilion.

If you take it in the inner court, it is naturally the eunuch of the celebrant eunuch.

So if you study carefully, the government affairs of the Ming Dynasty are still divided by six Shangshu in the center, and at the local level, the three divisions are still responsible. It's all vertical management in the shape of a bar.

Like governors and governors, they are all chinchas.

University scholars can also be regarded as some kind of special Qincha, otherwise a few bachelors with only five grades of official ranks, how can they command the world and lead hundreds of officials

"Your Majesty, the minister can take over the first assistant, but the minister wants to take over a righteous first assistant."

"Yes!"

Zhu Houxi's answer was crisp, which surprised Wang Yue even more, and he had to repeat, "Your Majesty, what the minister wants is justified!" ”

Zhu Houxi rolled his eyes, "My ears are not deaf, I understand what you mean." Don't you just want to have the power to appoint hundreds of officials, of course I can give it to you. ”

The corners of the king's mouth twitched several times, and he leaned over helplessly and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to think about it again, the minister is afraid that he will not be in harmony with the ancestral system."

"Hahaha!"

Zhu Houxi laughed loudly, "The ancestral system, in the civil officials, it has always been advantageous to maintain the ancestral system, and if it is unfavorable, they will pretend to be deaf and dumb." This kind of thing, I can play too. And play better than them. Zhu Houxi smiled and said: "Whoever you want to use, just talk to me, I can't refuse it." In a word, if I dare to give you the cabinet, I believe you Wang Yue...... How is it, what else is there to say"

Wang Yue scratched his head, as if he didn't have anything to say.

"Your Majesty, aren't you afraid," Wang Yue said in confusion.

Zhu Houxi laughed, "Wang Yue, don't think that I am a fool, I can still do it." In the current situation, Zhang Xuan can't bear it, so you can only come. It's hard to do it, I still have to learn from my grandfather and take so many things into my hands."

Having said this, Wang Yue could only sigh lightly, it seemed that he couldn't hide, he could only carry the burden of Shoufu.

is different from Zhang Xuan, who advocates that everything must be done personally.

Wang Yue prefers to leave government affairs to professionals.

"Lord Yan, I invited you over, I just wanted to ask you, are you interested in being my deputy?"

Yan Song was called by Wang Yue and got straight to the point, that's it, Rao is Yan Song's heart is strong, but he didn't expect it...... "Wang, Lord Wang, do you want me to be the deputy head of Xishan Academy"

Wang Yue laughed and shook his head, "Lord Yan, you are quite good at telling jokes, can I let you be a second-grade member as the deputy mountain chief, I invite you to join the cabinet and serve as the second assistant!" ”

"Sub-...... Second auxiliary! ”

Yan Song swallowed hard and spit, he was still a little confused.

"Lord Wang, you want to be the first assistant, this may be the favor of the Son of Heaven. But, even if I join the cabinet, I'm only the last cabinet elder, how can I be a deputy?"

The emperor will never open the back door for two people together

Wang Yue smiled, "Lord Yan, Your Majesty asked me to be the first assistant, and I asked Your Majesty for a power, that is, to appoint officials. I plan to replace a few cabinet elders, as well as the six ministries and nine secretaries, and re-select some officials who have both ability and political integrity, and invite you to come over, just to weigh the candidates with me. ”

Yan Song heard it clearly, but the more he understood, the more confused he became.

"Lord Wang, this, is this appropriate?"

Wang Yue smiled helplessly, "I was thinking that Your Majesty would not agree, but I didn't expect that Your Majesty would agree." This time it's my turn to worry. I am the first assistant, you are the second assistant, who can be a good official of the Ministry of Officials...... Do you have a pick?"

"This ...... Yuanfu, what do you think of Wu Peng?"

"Wu Peng"

"That's right, he has been very respected by Zhang Ge Lao in recent years, and he was promoted to the servant of the ministry. In terms of qualifications, he may be almost good, but if he is familiar with the affairs of the ministry, he should be a very good candidate. ”

Wang Yue smiled, "Do we still need to consider qualifications this time, with me, the first assistant, no one has to worry about lack of qualifications!" ”

"Okay, the secretary of the ministry is him, and the next is the Ministry of Rites...... Tell me about it! ”

Wang Yue and Yan Song talked until the second half of the night.

The two of them used the six yamen as a chessboard and the people they liked as chess pieces, and quickly laid out.

I have to say that I'm afraid that no one has done this since the day there was a cabinet...... The Son of Heaven is fully authorized, and he can't even think of it.

Yan Song recommended his brother-in-law Ouyang Bijin and asked him to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Wang Yue also put Xu Jie in the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Households.

In this way, two people filled the quota of the six departments and nine qing.

Wang Yue stretched, "Okay, you go back first, I'll send the list up." ”

Yan Song agreed, and he left the palace and returned home.

What is surprising is that Yan Song's trip was noticed by many people.

"This shameless! He is going to be Jia Yong's second! What a scum of the literati! ”

The number of people who scolded Yan Song in the court increased all of a sudden, and some people even swore that if Yan Song could pass others and enter the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister, they would immediately write a letter of impeachment and fight with Yan Song.

If you don't get rid of this thief, you won't give up!

Even Ouyang Bijin got the news.

"Brother-in-law, you really went to see Wang Yue, aren't you afraid"

Before he finished speaking, Yan Song smiled and said, "You came just in time, I still want to talk to you!" The burden of the Ministry of Industry is not light, you must pick it up! ”

Ouyang Bijin made a ghost to send a god, and even said directly: "I'm sure!" But after finishing speaking, he was also stunned, didn't he come to scold his brother-in-law