Zhang Juzheng was silent, and after a moment, he stood up and said, "I'll ask him." ”

Xu Jie shook his head slightly, and then sighed and said, "It doesn't matter if you ask or not, it's just that this road is impassable, and we have to quickly come up with a new way." ”

Zhang Juzheng nodded and turned to leave. returned to the duty room, pushed open the door, and saw Luo Xin sitting there reading the copy. closed the door, sat opposite Luo Xin, looked at Luo Xin and said:

"No, you did the treasure banknote thing, right?"

"Are you blaming me?" Luo Xin raised his head and asked lightly.

"If you do that, you're going to make me very passive." Zhang Juzheng was a little angry.

"If you haven't thought about implementing the new banknotes, you won't be passive at all. If you're ready to implement it, do you think I'll agree? ”

"............" Zhang Juzheng was silent.

Luo Xin said seriously: "I will not agree to any measures that are unfavorable to Daming." You can't just because your position is threatened. You entered the cabinet, not to enter the cabinet, but for ZTE Daming, I hope you will not forget your original intention. ”

At night.

Luo Xin returned to the mansion, and he was also in a bad mood. He has always valued and respected Zhang Juzheng. But today's incident made Luo Xin feel uncomfortable. Zhang Juzheng's mentality has changed, and for the sake of his position, he can do anything, which makes it difficult for Luo Xin to accept.

"No!"

As soon as he walked into the door, he heard Zhang Xun's voice behind him, stopped and waited for a while, and then walked inside side by side with Zhang Xun. Zhang Xun lowered his voice and said:

"No, guess who I just saw?"

"Who?"

"Zhao Zhenji."

"He's back?" Luo Xin frowned slightly, and his expression was even more bad.

"Hmm." Zhang Xun nodded and said, "Does this indicate that those old guys are coming back one after another?" ”

"yes. But this Zhao Zhenji came too quickly. ”

Luo Xin's brows gradually tightened, changed the direction of going to the flower hall, and walked towards the study in the back garden. Entered the study, took off the official clothes, changed into civilian clothes, at this time, there was already a maid brought the tea, and then withdrew. Luo Xin sat there, still frowning.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Xun looked at Luo Xin and said, "Could it be that Zhao Zhenji has some special purpose when he returns to Beijing?" ”

"There must be a purpose, otherwise there is no need to be in such a hurry to return to Beijing alone, you can come back with the general flow."

"That's right." Zhang Xun nodded, and slowly tightened his brows. While thinking about it, he said: "No, this Zhao Zhenji is Xu Dang, right?" ”

"Hmm!"

"Zhao Zhenji is also a great Confucian, if Xu Jie hadn't asked him to enter Beijing, he wouldn't have been in such a hurry to enter Beijing. As if he was an official fan, it wasn't enough for him to be ashamed. ”

The look on Luo Xin's face suddenly became more ugly, Zhang Xun was still there while talking, thinking about it, and suddenly saw Luo Xin's face becoming ugly, so he asked:

"What do you think?"

Luo Xin nodded and said, "I am now also the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. ”

Zhang Xun's face changed and said, "Xu Jie is going to the Ministry of Rites?" ”

"Well, as long as Zhao Zhenji comes back, he should take over the book of the Ministry of Rites, whether it is public or private, and whether it is reasonable."

Zhang Xun's face also became ugly and said: "Xu Jie's fancy is not this Ministry of Rites Shangshu, but next year's Dabi. ”

"yes!" Luo Xin took a sip of tea a little depressed and said: "Dabi's work will officially start in February, and once it starts, there will be no change in the person in charge." Therefore, at that time, I, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, will naturally be the chief examiner of the examination. Xu Jie was so anxious to get Zhao Zhenji back, he should have wanted to pick my peaches and not let me dye the big competition of the next year. ”

"What a calculation!" Zhang Xun's face darkened: "This is the perfect time for you to expand your influence, you can't just give up." ”

"No wonder they call him Xu Laoyin, it's really yin! No, this seat can't be allowed, at least this time Dabi can't be allowed. Xu Jie, by recovering the old ministers, has gathered a group of forces. It can be said that we have the present. If Zhao Zhenji is allowed to become the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and preside over this competition, the jinshi of this competition will be Zhao Zhenji's students, so that the future officials will also be in the hands of Xu Jie, and these people will definitely gather around Zhang Juzheng under Xu Jie's arrangement. No, you're struggling. ”

Zhang Xun looked at Luo Xin with a solemn expression, and said word by word: "So, this time you can't let it no matter what." ”

"I know!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "It's just that this matter is very difficult to operate." Now in the cabinet, Zhang Juzheng and I are working part-time, and the cabinet has an unspoken rule that part-time jobs are not allowed. Therefore, it is difficult for me to raise objections in any way. ”

"That Zhang Juzheng ......"

"Zhang Juzheng is now eager to resign from the left waiter of the household department, so that he can also get rid of the money shortage. Therefore, you can't talk about things like that. ”

The two men fell silent.

Sure enough, the next day, Xu Jie played Emperor Longqing and asked Zhao Zhenji to be reinstated. Emperor Longqing was still thinking about Luo Xin in his heart. Even if he didn't pay attention to it, he knew what the year of Dabi meant to the Ministry of Rites, so he said to Xu Jie:

"Now that the position of the head of the household department is vacant, let Zhao Zhenji go to the household department."

Where is this Xu Jie?

He still left that position to Zhang Juzheng, otherwise why did he keep leaving the Hubu Shangshu empty?

Zhang Juzheng's qualifications are too shallow, and he entered the cabinet as the left squire of the household department, and it was not promoted by the court, but entered the cabinet by special order of the emperor. If you want Zhang Juzheng to take the position of the first assistant of the cabinet in the future, you must increase Zhang Juzheng's background little by little and make up for his shortcomings. And the promotion of Zhang Juzheng to the head of the household is a measure to increase his background and make up for his shortcomings. Even if it is just to let Zhang Juzheng be the head of the household for a year, and then resign from the head of the household department and concentrate on the cabinet.

In other words, Xu Jie did not let Zhang Juzheng occupy the position of the head of the household, but to have this process. If Zhao Zhenji becomes the head of the household department at this time, what should Zhang Juzheng do?

Therefore, Xu Jie immediately said to Emperor Longqing: "Your Majesty, this year's Ministry of Rites is too heavy, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, I want to prepare for the crown prince's canonization ceremony, and in the year of Dabi, I want to preside over the country's talent ceremony, and I also have to prepare for the feast." Lord Luo has now entered the cabinet, and the affairs of the cabinet are also very heavy, so let Lord Luo run at both ends, and there is no full-time secretary of the Ministry of Rites. And Zhao Zhenji was originally the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and he was familiar with the various errands of the Ministry of Rites, so that he could concentrate on arresting the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, and he could also reduce the burden on Lord Luo. Concentrate on the cabinet. ”

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