There are three study rooms, one bright and two dark; The four walls outside the house are full of vines; The bamboo forest in front of the house, the jade stands, the pine cypress bonsai in the middle row, the rue grass around the steps, green and lush; The pond in front of the window is full of vitality. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

There are three study rooms, two of which are set up as library rooms, and the shelves are full of 10,000 volumes. One is set up as a reading room, the wood carving covers the grid, and a washing inkstone pond is placed near the window, and a wooden board is placed on it at this moment, and two food boxes are placed on the wooden board, exuding the fragrance of vegetables.

The desk that originally placed the four treasures of the study room is still full of six dishes and a soup at the moment, and there are two people sitting opposite the desk, looking like good buddies, it is Zhu Ping'an and Zhang Siwei. This study is Zhang Siwei's "Candle Study", which is taken from the meaning of reading at night by candle, and also highlights Zhang Siwei's pursuit of reading, and his nickname of "True Naturalist Gentleman" is inseparable from his pursuit of reading at night.

"Zihou, do you know that your letter has stirred the lake in the capital." Zhang Siwei looked at Zhu Ping'an and said.

"Come less, what kind of energy can we sesame officials, just throw a brick in the capital, and all the ones we hit are bigger than our grade." Zhu Ping'an shook his head disapprerovingly, then picked up the wine jug and poured a glass of wine for Zhang Siwei, "Don't rush to talk about me first, you can tell me about what happened in the capital recently?" I just came back today, but my eyes are dark on the capital, you can tell me what happened to the capital now. ”

Zhang Siwei shook his head and smiled, and raised his wine glass with both hands to Zhu Ping'an.

Zhu Ping'an also picked up the wine glass with both hands, raised the wine glass, drank it all, and then put the empty wine glass on the desk, picked up a piece of crispy meat and put it in his mouth, and pressed the rich wine flavor in his mouth.

"This time in the capital is turbulent and treacherous."

After drinking, Zhang Siwei also put the wine glass on the table, wiped the wine stains on his mouth, and then stretched out a finger and began to talk to Zhu Ping'an.

"First of all, the first thing is that our master Xu Jiexu has finally entered the cabinet, although the previous master enjoyed the treatment of the cabinet minister, but he did not enter the cabinet, this time the master finally entered the cabinet. Ten days ago, by the grace of God, he participated in the maintenance of the aircraft as a scholar of the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of the East Pavilion University. ”

Dongge University Scholar, the official position is not high, much lower than the official rank of the Ministry of Officials, but the power is far greater than the Ministry of Scholars, this is one of the cabinet scholars, master the rules and regulations, check the questions, votes to approve and answer and other powers, participate in central decision-making, influence the political situation, can be described as a high power, of course, the power is still not as good as the first assistant of the cabinet.

Under normal circumstances, there are six cabinet ministers in the Ming Dynasty, which are divided into "four halls" and "two pavilions". The four halls refer to the scholars of the Huagai Palace, the Jianji Hall of the Jinshen Palace, the Wenhua Palace, and the Wuyingdian University; The two pavilions refer to the scholars of Wenyuange University and the scholar of Dongkaku University. These positions are held by cabinet ministers.

At this time, the first assistant Yan Song was a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion.

Although he is also a cabinet minister, the first assistant is the most authoritative in the cabinet, equivalent to the previous prime minister, although he does not have the name of the prime minister, he has the power of the prime minister. In addition to the emperor, the cabinet was in charge of the power of the court, the first assistant was in charge of the cabinet power, and the second assistant and the group of assistants did not dare to compete with the first assistant. If the first assistant doesn't like the second assistant, it is easy to squeeze the second assistant out of the cabinet, such as the second assistant Chen Shan during the Xuande period, who has only been in the cabinet for two months, and wants to wrestle with the first assistant Nanyang and compete for the right to speak in the cabinet, but he got tired of the first assistant Nanyang, and was sent back to his hometown to plant sweet potatoes by the first assistant.

Of course, under normal circumstances, Shoufu would not dare to squeeze the second assistant home at will, after all, the emperor was still watching from above.

Generally speaking, if the imperial examination is a carp leaping over the dragon gate for scholars, then entering the cabinet is the carp leaping over the dragon gate for officials, and once entering the cabinet, it is equivalent to the current five standing committee members, with absolute high power.

Therefore, Xu Jie's entry into the cabinet can be described as the most shocking thing in the officialdom.

After Zhang Siwei finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Ping'an, wanting to see Zhu Ping'an's surprised expression, but found that Zhu Ping'an didn't seem to be surprised at all, which made Zhang Siwei very surprised.

"Zihou, do you already know the news of the master's entry into the cabinet?" Zhang Siwei asked strangely, such a big news, he was not surprised at all.

I'm from modern times, of course I know, not only do I know that Xu Jie's entry into the cabinet, and I know all the major events in the history of the Ming Dynasty, but I also know that you will enter the cabinet in the future, and even become the first assistant.

Of course, I won't tell you that, and I won't say it to anyone.

Zhu Ping'an took a sip of tea and replied unhurriedly, "For me, it's not a surprise for the master to enter the cabinet, it's just a matter of time." Since the death of the cabinet minister Zhang Zhizhang two years ago, the cabinet only has two of us, Lord Yan and Lord Li Benli, although Lord Yan is in good spirits, but after all, he is old, the cabinet is very important, and the position has been vacant for a long time, so it is natural to supplement the cabinet ministers. ”

"It's just you and me, to put it irresponsibly, there are no more than five people who are qualified to sit in the cabinet chair in this dynasty, and the number can be counted. Master Xu Jie, Lord Xu, the Ministry of Rites, is a customary practice for the Ministry of Rites to enter the cabinet, and Yan Songyan Pavilion is from the Ministry of Rites when he enters the cabinet. Moreover, the master stepped forward in the Gengxu Change, turned the tide, and left a deep impression in the heart of the saint, although he did not enter the cabinet, he enjoyed the treatment of the minister. ”

"In addition to our master Xu Jiexu, the most likely among these people to sit on the chair of the cabinet is the official secretary Li Mo Li, but I have studied the changes in the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty over the years, and there is no precedent for the official department to enter the cabinet, and I think this time will not be an exception."

"In addition, the relationship between Master Li Mo and Yan Ge Lao is not very good, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as powerful. If the saint wants to choose a candidate for the cabinet, he will definitely ask Yan Ge Lao, thinking that Yan Ge Lao will not be unhappy with himself, so find a counterpart to enter the cabinet. ”

"The seat master is different, I went to the Yan Mansion for a banquet before leaving Beijing, and I have met the seat master several times, which shows that the relationship between the seat master and Yan Ge is much better than that of Master Li. On my way to Beijing, I heard the post station staff talk about it, saying that the post station was very busy half a month ago, and many local officials sent Cheng Yi to congratulate Yan Fu on the happy event, I inquired about it, and learned that it was the master who took a niece of the Xu family in Nanchang to the capital and married Yan Shifan as a concubine......"

Speaking of this, Zhu Ping'an changed his comfortable posture on the chair and said lightly, "So it is expected that the master will enter the pavilion." ”

When Zhu Ping'an spoke, Zhang Siwei involuntarily sat up straight and kept staring at Zhu Ping'an's face.

shock

Zhu Ping'an is smart, he knows it, but he didn't expect Zhu Ping'an to be so keen about politics. (To be continued.) )