Volume 4 Chapter 25 Evenly matched
Gu Kexue actually relied on his "ability" to be promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, which Yang Cong really didn't expect.
The reason why he included the Gu family under his command and let him be responsible for taking care of the business of Nanzhili was actually mainly to look at Gu Kejiu's face, after all, Gu Kejiu had been a prefect in Quanzhou, and he was quite upright as an official.
As for this Gu Kexue, Yang Cong really didn't know much about it, so when people came to ask for officials, he just asked Zhang Bangqi and others to think of a way to help him find a position as a general political envoy.
Unexpectedly, later, this guy gradually won Jiajing's favor by virtue of his sycophant skills, and at this time, he was promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Industry in one fell swoop.
To say that Gu Kexue's methods are indeed a bit disgusting, refining medicine with urine, he can figure it out!
However, disgusting or not disgusting or nothing is not the standard for judging a person, and a disgusting person is not necessarily a bad person.
If you help a bad person disgust a good person, then he is naturally a bad person, and if you help a good person disgust a bad person, then he is a good person.
For example, during the Three Kingdoms, didn't Zhuge Liang, who was full of wisdom, disgust Cao Cao, can you say that people are bad people?
If Gu Kejiu helped Yan Song disgust the officials of the Yang Ming lineage or Yang Cong, then of course he was a bad person.
Gu Kejiu in history is indeed such a person, because in history he was looking for Yan Song's relationship, so he fell in love with Jiajing and obtained the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, so he not only helped Yan Song disgust Xu Jie and other officials of the Yangming lineage, but also learned Yan Song to make money everywhere under the banner of refining medicine, which can be described as insatiable and disgusting.
However, at this time, he is following Yang Cong's path, and the disgusting one is Yan Song, a traitor, and with the support of Yang Cong, the Nanzhili Gu family has also made huge profits through maritime trade, and he is not short of money at all, and even the money for refining medicine is paid by himself, corruption or something, there is no such thing as corruption at all.
Therefore, he is not a bad person at this time, but should be regarded as a good person, a good person who specializes in disgusting bad people.
As for the name of "Urine Refining Book", Yang Cong just laughed when he heard it, what's wrong with refining urine, you have the ability to refine urine!
Yan Song was obviously annoyed and angry, but he had no choice but to make this decision to "ruin" Gu Kexue's reputation.
However, the reputation is a bit ugly.
"Urine refining book", Nima, is really a bit disgusting.
Of course, disgusting is disgusting, since Gu Kexue has been promoted to the sixth Shangshu, his status in Yang Cong's family is immediately completely different, or in other words, he is also qualified to participate in the gathering of Yang Cong's family bosses.
That night, a group of high-ranking officials from the Yangming lineage and Yang Cong's family gathered again to discuss future plans.
This time, the place where they gathered changed again, or rather, they returned to the old place, the Yang Mansion.
Yang Cong has already served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites at this time, so he naturally wants to move back to the Yang Mansion in the capital.
The people gathered this time are incredible, there are three of the six Shangshu alone, in addition to Yang Cong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Zou Shouyi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Gu Kexue, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and Yang Cong's father-in-law, Zhang Yue, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, and the newly promoted cabinet scholar Zhang Bangqi, as for the princes and nobles such as Xu Yande, the Marquis of Jingshan, Cui Yuan, the Marquis of Wuding, and the commander of Jinyiwei, they are all a little out of the ranks.
In these years, the civil system is used to control the military, and the status of civil officials is much higher than that of military officials, and the power of the six Shangshu is beyond the reach of ordinary princes and nobles.
However, at the beginning, everyone was really a little repulsive to Gu Kexue, the "Urine Refining Book", and even some people couldn't help but secretly cover their noses after seeing Gu Kexue, looking like they had entered the pit.
Gu Kexue also seemed to be a little self-deformed, as if he really had the smell of urine on his body.
Seeing this, Yang Cong naturally wouldn't ignore it, but he was his sister-in-law's cronies, and at this time, when it came to the degree of favor in front of Jiajing, this guy didn't say that he was in the top three, and the top ten was stable, which was not even comparable to Lu Bing among those present.
This guy is a little disgusting, but in terms of importance, there are not many people here who can compare with it.
What's wrong with refining urine, is it good for people to be six books, what kind of expression do you have?
After everyone sat down, Yang Cong got up and raised his glass and said: "During this time, the most celebratory thing is that Brother Yucheng unexpectedly won the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, come, let's have a drink together and congratulate Brother Yucheng on his ascension." ”
As soon as he said this, everyone suddenly realized that this guy was not a previously unknown envoy to the right of the government, but one of the six high-powered Shangshu, and there were really few people in this court who could compare with it in terms of power.
None of the people present were people with low intelligence, what Yang Cong meant, they understood in an instant, it seemed that their attitude towards Gu Kexue was a bit excessive.
Everyone hurriedly got up and toasted and celebrated together.
Seeing this, Gu Kexue hurriedly got up and raised his glass and said, "Thank you, thank you, thank you Qingfeng, thank you." ”
That look, it's clear that I still look down on myself.
Yang Cong raised his head and drank all the wine in the cup, and beckoned everyone to sit down, and then asked: "What's the matter, Brother Yucheng, are you disgusted by the poem that Yan Song ordered someone to compose?" ”
When Gu Kexue heard this, he couldn't help but be a little ashamed and said: "This, don't say it, it's eating, don't affect everyone's appetite." ”
Unexpectedly, Yang Cong said amazingly: "What's wrong with refining urine, the boy's urine package cures all diseases, who doesn't know?" Besides, the raw vegetables, fruits, rice and white noodles we eat are not all bred by golden juice, and he Yan Song wants to feel disgusting, so he can eat nothing! This guy actually wants to disgust others with this, it's really a bit of a bit of a loss, we haven't seen anything, will we still be disgusted by this little thing? If you want me to say, Yan Song has no choice but to take Brother Yu Cheng, so he made this decision, which proves Brother Yu Cheng's ability, how many people in this court can make Yan Song helpless? ”
As soon as he said this, everyone was stunned.
That's right, a lot of the food on this plate is not bred by gold juice, and everyone doesn't feel disgusting when they usually eat it, but Yan Song is disgusting with this kind of thing, it's really a bit unreasonable, who are everyone, can you be disgusted by this little thing?
Moreover, Yan Song really had no way to take Gu Kexue, otherwise he would not have ordered someone to spread this boring limerick to disgust Gu Kexue.
Above the court, there are really few people who can make Yan Song helpless, this Gu Kexue is amazing!
Their eyes on Gu Kexue have finally changed, no longer implying this rejection, but implying admiration.
Seeing this, Yang Cong got to the point and discussed the future plan with everyone.
At this time, the power of Yang Cong's family or Yangming's line in the DPRK and Yan Song's party in the DPRK can be described as evenly matched.
Yan Song has the two most important positions in his hands, the first assistant of the cabinet and the secretary of the ministry, and most of the servants of the six departments are his henchmen, Yang Cong's side is not bad, the cabinet has Zhang Bangqi to contain Yan Song, and the six books account for half, and the important yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is also under their control, at this time, if the two sides fight, it is really difficult to say whether the victory or defeat will be said.
So, how to defeat Yan Song, a famous traitor through the ages?