Chapter IX Cabinet Additions

The incident in Yunnan was just a small episode for Zhu Qizhen.

For Daming, no matter what the victory or defeat of the Yunnan battle is, it will not affect the center.

What really affected the center was Yang Rong's death.

After the cabinet dealt with the aftermath of Yang Rong and Huang Fu, Yang Shiqi had officially presented a request to the emperor to supplement the cabinet personnel.

Naturally, what Yang Shiqi wants to add is not the middle scholar in the cabinet who is used to run errands.

Therefore, such a major event must be discussed in advance.

In the Wenyuan Pavilion.

Yang Shiqi, Yang Pu, Hu Hu, and Zhang Fu sat in columns.

Zhu Qizhen held a piece of rice paper in his hand, looked at it carefully, and said, "Cao Nai, Ma Yu." ”

Yang Shiqi said: "The minister thinks these two people are suitable. The minister is old and frail, overwhelmed, and the minister asks for one more person to be brought into the cabinet. Relieve your Majesty's worries. ”

Between Yang Shiqi's eyebrows, he seemed to be even more aged.

Yang Rong and he are also enemies and friends, and the two old men have fought openly and secretly for a lifetime, and have also cooperated for a lifetime. Now that Yang Rong is gone, Yang Shiqi suddenly has a feeling of loss.

Yang Shiqi's spiritual feeling made it even more difficult for this old man to support.

Especially now that everything is complicated, Yang Shiqi is inevitably a little powerless

Zhu Qizhen has an impression of both of them.

They are all in Zhu Qizhen's official sequence, but they are not like Wang Zhi, who is responsible for Zhu Qizhen's overall education. It's about being in charge of a certain subject.

Cao Nai talked about "Emperor Ming Zuxun", and Ma Yu talked about "Da Ming Law".

Although they are Zhu Qizhen's teachers, Zhu Qizhen's relationship with them is not very close. I just think that the two are good-looking. The styles are different, but they are all beautiful men.

Ma Yu and Cao Nai are both from the north, Ma Yu is from Shandong, and Cao Nai is from Beizhili. Tall stature. A good figure that can go into battle with armor.

The two of them also have the same characteristics. They are all champions.

Ma Yu is the champion of Xuande for two years, and Cao Nai is the champion of Xuande for eight years.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Why didn't Mr. choose Chen Fangzhou? ”

Yang Shiqi said: "Chen Fangzhou is a native of the minister's hometown, and the minister should avoid it. Moreover, His Majesty wants to use practical talents, and Chen Fangzhou has been in the center for a long time, but he does not understand local affairs. ”

Chen Fangzhou, also known as Chen Xun, is also a champion, and he is the champion of Yongle for thirteen years.

Counting up, he is older than Cao Nai and Ma Yu.

Zhu Qizhen asked, "Did Cao Nai and Ma Yu have experienced it in the local area?" ”

Zhu Qizhen has been in power for several years, and Zhu Qizhen's employment standards are known to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. Only if there is governance in the local area, will it be reused by Zhu Qizhen.

Fortunately, this is the early Ming Dynasty, and many canonical systems have not yet been fixed.

Otherwise, it will be difficult for Zhu Qizhen to promote a non-Hanlin into the court

The degree is also quite large.

Yang Shiqi said: "Although Cao Nai won the top prize in Xuande for eight years, he became a leader after he won the second place in the township examination in the first year of Xuande. Don't forget what you have learned, only then did you get the Jinshi in the eighth year of Xuande. ”

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, his first reaction was that this Cao Nai was Yang Shiqi's person.

Because Yang Shiqi is a native of Taihe, Jiangxi.

Of course, Yang Shiqi is a native of Taihe, Jiangxi, and Cao Nai, who used to be an official in Taihe, Jiangxi, seems to have nothing to do with it.

But Zhu Qizhen knew that this was enough.

People in later generations will run relationships, and people in this era will do even more.

With this little opportunity, it is enough for Cao Nai to manage his connections with the Tai and Yang families.

Of course, this does not mean that Zhu Qizhen does not appreciate Cao Nai.

Even more appreciative of it.

It's not that Yang Shiqi said that Cao Nai has a good way to govern, but Cao Nai's family is poor.

Although Yang Shiqi's introduction does not say that Cao Nai's family is poor, but if you think about it, if it is not for Cao Nai's family reasons, why would Cao Nai want to become an official as a lifter, and if he participates in the imperial examination in Xuande for two years, he may not be able to become a jinshi in one fell swoop.

Take the jinshi as the starting point to become an official, and take the lifting person as the starting point to become an official.

It's two different ecosystems.

Cao Nai won't be unaware.

Moreover, in the past two years, Zhu Qizhen's governance has focused on Zhili. It is also beneficial to have a direct subordinate in the cabinet.

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "Then how about Ma Yu?" ”

Yang Pu said: "Ma Yu is generous and knowledgeable, and he is the first champion of the northerners and is appreciated by the first emperor. Honest and self-controlled, and a lecturer for His Majesty. It's a big task. ”

Zhu Qizhen listened to it in his ears, but silently recalled in his heart, who was the examiner in the second year of Xuande? Zhu Qizhen immediately remembered that it was Yang Pu, and he also remembered that the chief examiner of Xuande for eight years was Yang Shiqi.

Look at these two people at this moment.

It is clear that Yang Shiqi cooperated with Yang Pu to expand their authority in the cabinet and swallow up Yang Rong's political legacy.

In the cabinet, there were five people before.

Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, and Yang Pu are the core, Zhang Fu is a military minister, and many things are avoided, and Hu Hu's resume also limits him.

He was a scholar in the second year of Jianwen, under the command of Taizong, looking for Emperor Jianwen for decades, and in the later years of Taizong, he came to the Ministry of Rites to serve, and he served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites for many years.

It can be said that the Ministry of Rites is Hu Hui's own place.

But Hu Hu's influence is limited to that.

Yang Shiqi and the three of them, there were not a large number of people who supported them during the Yongle years, although they were weak, but the team was complete. But Hu Hu lacks roots.

Therefore, Hu Hu can only serve as a courtier, but he cannot serve as the first assistant to the cabinet.

If Ma Yu is introduced, Cao Nai is two people.

Sanyang Alliance,

It became the Union of Two Yangs.

Zhu Qizhen paid special attention to Yang Pu, and said secretly in his heart: "Sure enough, this Master Yang is not a vegetarian either. ”

Among the three Yangs, Yang Pu seems to have the least sense of existence. It's just that compared to the talents of Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong, Yang Pu is a little lacking.

But it is still at the level of a big man, and as soon as Yang Rong is gone at this moment, Yang Pu will show his grandeur.

If Zhu Qizhen had just come to this era, he would naturally be secretly annoyed by such a situation, and felt that it was a private gift.

But at this moment, Zhu Qizhen has long been commonplace.

All he was thinking about at the moment was whether to go their way.

Although in order to maintain the stability of the imperial court, even if Yang Rong died, there should be no change in the situation of Yang Shiqi taking the initiative in the cabinet, but in the cabinet, there was no one who took the initiative to approach Zhu Qizhen, and Zhu Qizhen still felt a little uncomfortable.

What made Zhu Qizhen even more uncomfortable was that.

Wenchen passed the imperial examination, and the township was organized into a large network, which has already begun to build a scale at this moment. In the future, the net will only get bigger and bigger. Even Zhu Qizhen can only use the contradictions within this network to break the situation.

This is also a helpless thing.

Even though Ma Yu and Cao Nai are Zhu Qizhen's lecturers, Zhu Qizhen feels that there is still a person between them and them.

Zhu Qizhen also has a plan for this, and he is already preparing to add another person to the cabinet, he suddenly asked: "How is Mr. Huang Jie'an's health recently?" ”

Yang Shiqi listened, his originally cloudy eyes suddenly became full of energy, and said: "The minister Zong Yu thanked Your Majesty, but Zong Yu has never been good or bad since he fell ill in the first year of Xuande, and the minister has not heard from him for a long time, and at our age, there is no news, which is good news." ”

Zhu Qizhen secretly said in his heart: "This is also a bargaining chip." ”

Who is Huang Jie'an? It is Huang Huai, the word Zongyu, and the number Jiean.

He was the first assistant of the Ming Cabinet. At that time, when Xie Jin was there, he couldn't steal the limelight from Huang Huai. It can be said that when Huang Huai was there, he pressed Yang Shiqi.

Huang Huai was on the wrong side of Emperor Xuanzong's handling of the Han King, and Huang Huai seemed to be on the wrong side. Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong both advocated the pro-conquest, but Huang Huai's proposition was a bit conservative.

In the end, Xuanzong decided that Huang Huai stayed in Beijing, and Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong and others went on the expedition.

This gave Yang Shiqi the opportunity to surpass Huang Huai.

But even so, Huang Huai's real failure was his body. Emperor Xuanzong originally wanted Huang Huai to be the chief examiner for the second year of Xuande, but he didn't want Huang Huai to be seriously ill, and it was said that he had tuberculosis. had no choice but to return to his hometown to recuperate. Only then did he give up the position of examiner to Yang Shiqi.

Completed the process of Yang Shiqi ascending to the position and Huang Huai Zhishi.

However, after Huang Huai returned to his hometown, he did not die a whimper, but his health was getting better day by day. At this time, Huang Huai may not have thought of refuge.

It's just this time and that time.