Officialdom has its own way of communication, and high-ranking officials at the level of Zhang Kuang generally rarely speak directly.

Confucianism advocates the golden mean, regardless of self-cultivation and family governance, are based on the middle, steady, rational, inclusive, and harmonious, the superior should skillfully grasp the balance of the environment, speak as subtle and euphemistic as possible, can not be said too thoroughly, many times can only understand, can not be spoken, everyone to play dumb riddles.

Zhang Kuang has been immersed in officialdom for half his life, and he is naturally a master in this, when facing other officials and subordinates, he is either covered by clouds and mountains and fog, or knocked on the side, or unfathomable, no matter what the occasion, there is room for speaking...... Only in front of Wang Kefan, he had to open the skylight and say something.

There are many reasons for this.

For example, Wang Kefan is too young.

For example, Wang Kefan is a military general.

Another example is that everyone is now in the same boat, and their positions are similar, and some things can be said clearly......

But these are not the key, the most important reason is actually only one, Wang Kefan will not talk around and around, you go around and around with him, he can't understand at all, not only is it in vain, but it will also delay things.

According to the news from special channels, when Wang Kefan and Emperor Longwu were together, they were better in public, and they also had the same tone in private, and they always said whatever they wanted, and the eunuchs and palace maids felt that he was very arrogant and did not respect the courtesy of the monarch and ministers...... It is strange that Emperor Longwu never got angry and always trusted him.

The world has changed!

Zhang Kuang didn't understand it.

A "mallet" like Wang Kefan can survive in officialdom, and he is majestic. It's not in line with the golden mean at all, could it be that the way of the world is now a big fist?

Nevertheless. It should be persuaded.

"Yuntai, the Holy Lord intends to use Huang Jin, do you know?"

"Huang Ji'an? He's got to be eighty, right? Can such an old gentleman still enter the court as an official? Wang Kefan was very surprised, he really didn't know this news.

"Donglin's veins are intertwined, and the protégés are all over the world, although Lu Daqi has brought disaster upon himself. The Donglin Restoration Society has not collapsed all at once, and they have no choice but to ask Mr. Zhuan to clean up the situation. Zhang Kuang said: "I heard that except for Huang Jin. Jiang Yueguang's call to enter the cabinet is also very high, with the face of these old gentlemen, the emperor will not be too embarrassed by the Donglin Party. ”

Huang Jin, a native of Guangdong. Born in the sixth year of Longqing (1572). The veteran of the Donglin Party, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites of the Chongzhen Dynasty, is 78 years old this year.

Jiang Yueguang, a native of Jiangxi, was born in the twelfth year of Wanli (1584), a veteran of the Donglin Party, a scholar of Dongge University in the Hongguang Dynasty, and Jin Shenghuan returned to the Ming Dynasty anyway. asked him to go out of the mountain to preside over the government affairs of Nanchang, and he was also a 66-year-old man.

The Donglin Party is in big trouble this time. I had to invite these former important ministers to come out to stabilize the situation. If you really want to rank up the generations, an official in his thirties and forties like Zhang Kuang is two or three generations behind Huang Jin and Jiang Yueguang, and his own teacher is a protégé of others, so he has to give the old man some face, and even Emperor Longwu can't offend them lightly.

"Well...... that's a real nuisance!" Wang Kefan frowned: "The old man is old, and it is inevitable that he will be strange and treacherous, and he will not be able to eat the ancients." If they are elected to the cabinet, they cannot be beaten and scolded, and everything is hindered, let alone practical things. ”

Jiang Yueguang is still in his sixties, and in the past few years, a respected old lady like Huang Jin can only be a bodhisattva in the cabinet, and the cabinet will become a nursing home.

"Yuntai, what do you think of Lu Daqi?" Zhang Kuang asked.

"There is not enough success, there is more than failure, and there is no name for virtuous appearance, but in fact, he is a stupid donkey with great ambition and sparse talent." Wang Kefan replied without hesitation.

Seeing that his reaction was still too slow, Zhang Kuang had no choice but to make his words clear: "In this case, why not leave this stupid donkey behind, so that Mr. Ji'an can rest assured in his old age." ”

Wang Kefan frowned slightly, he really didn't expect this kind of reverse thinking solution at first.

When you think about it, it makes sense.

After that abortive coup, Lu Daqi has been completely abolished, and even the Donglin Party itself treats him as an outcast.

There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests, and the already outdated Donglin Party will not pose much of a threat, as long as Lu Daqi is willing to pay a sufficient price, he can be "treated leniently". In this way, the Chu Xun Group and Emperor Longwu were also more active, and after letting Lu Daqi go, they could also get compensation from other places.

But the problem is that Lü Daqi carried out a coup d'état in a frenzy, which posed a threat to Emperor Longwu's throne and offended him to death......

"The news of the Governor is very good! In addition to Huang Jin and Jiang Yueguang, who else is expected to enter the cabinet? ”

"Probably Wen Anzhi and Yan Rishu, Wen Anzhi is the former governor of Sichuan, Yan Rishu is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, no matter the qualifications or talents, the two of them are enough to enter the cabinet."

Wen Anzhi and Yan Rishu have their own proximity to the Donglin Party, the Southern Party, the Imperial Party, Chu Xun, etc., but they do not belong to any of them and can be regarded as centrists. In order to avoid losing both, they would compromise with each other and come to power with centrists, such as when Dolgon and Hauge competed for the throne, but in the end it was Shunzhi who ascended the throne.

Relatively speaking, Wen Anzhi and Yan Rishu are better than Huang Jin when they enter the cabinet. The crimes committed by Lu Daqi and Yang Tinglin this time are too great, even if Emperor Longwu is willing to let them go, it is impossible to have no punishment, and how the court will adjust in the future is a big variable......

Putting this troublesome matter aside, Wang Kefan changed the topic and said: "Listening to the governor's words just now, the student suddenly opened up. The so-called Ming plank road, dark Chen Cang, the imperial court abolished the new policy, the vast lake can not be ignored, the rent should be reduced and reduced, the salt government should be investigated and investigated, and a qiē is all presided over by the governor. ”

There are policies above, and there are countermeasures below!

Huguang is the territory of the Chu army, and in addition to the western region of Jiangxi, the rent and interest reduction and the investigation of the salt administration are halfway through, and they are about to see results, and they must not give up halfway at this time. Although the imperial court ordered the abolition of the Longwu New Deal, I am in charge of my territory, and Wang Kefan will continue to carry out the new deal by himself behind closed doors, and no one can control him.

The only question is whether Zhang Kuang and these civil officials are willing to work with him. After all, after He Tengjiao's death, the imperial court's control of Huguang was significantly strengthened, and the officials could directly intervene in the appointment and dismissal of civil officials.

Sure enough, Zhang Kuang was a little hesitant.

"If it is against the yang and the yin, it is not difficult to cover it up for a few months, but this matter can be big or small, and when the news leaks in the future, the court will investigate it, this is a big crime of bullying the king......"

The scope of the new deal is too wide, and it is impossible for the officials and people of the province to hide from the world, and it is only a matter of time before the news leaks out. No matter how much trouble ordinary officials and ordinary people make, Zhang Kuang can suppress it, but he can't control high-ranking officials like the governor of Hunan and the political envoy of Hunan.

Xiong Wei, the governor of Hunan, and Wu Jinxi, the political envoy of Hunan, have been very close recently, and they often join forces to disagree with Zhang Kuang.

Xiong Wei was a close minister of Emperor Longwu, who followed Emperor Longwu when Tingzhou was in distress and has been loyal for many years. In turn, Emperor Longwu also trusted him very much, and he was constantly promoted and reused, and was promoted from the sixth-grade to the second-grade governor in just four years.

Wu Jinxi is a local official in Hunan, originally a subordinate of He Tengjiao, after He Tengjiao's death, Wu Jinxi seized the opportunity to go through the door of the eunuch Wang Kun, the head of the inner court, and got the position of Hu Guangbu's political envoy. Among the local officials in Huguang, Wu Jinxi is relatively capable, and Wang Kefan lacks available talents, so he is not moved for the time being.

"Yuntai, with Xiong Wei and Wu Jinxi here, sooner or later it will be impossible to hide." Zhang Kuangshun took a dose of eye medicine.

"It's okay, there's no need to hide it." Wang Kefan said: "The repeal of the new policy by the Holy Lord is not out of his original intention, I went to Guilin to explain the original situation, and after getting the approval of the Holy Lord, Xiong Wei and Wu Jinxi will not get in the way." ”

Huguang continued to implement the new policy, and if he failed, he took responsibility, and if he succeeded, he just overturned the case of Longwu's new policy, and Emperor Longwu would never stop it.

"That's good, Yuntai just rest assured to go to Guilin, I'm waiting for good news in Changsha." Zhang Kuang nodded with a smile and got up to say goodbye.

Wang Kefan sent him outside the gate, and made an appointment to go to Xiangyin County in the afternoon to inspect the sailors, and when he got on the sedan chair and left, he turned around and was just about to enter the door, when his family came forward to report that Wang Fuchen had already come and was waiting in the ear room.

"See the military gate!" Wang Fuchen's eye circles were blue, and the eye bubbles were still a little swollen.

"What, didn't you sleep well last night?" Wang Kefan asked knowingly.

"Hehe, those two little nies last night are really delicious! The last general made this wolf bèi look, which made the military men smile. ”

Wang Fuchen first appreciated the charming and colorful Jiangnan style, only to know that he lived in vain for the first 20 years, and after eating the marrow and knowing the taste, he loved the two thin horses like treasures, and was reluctant to let them go, so he came to the door with a cheeky face and asked Wang Kefan: "Gambling is not separated, the first good gamble in the end, the second is lustful, these two problems in my life, please complete the military gate, and simply reward the two little girls to me!" ”

Wang Fuchen stared at Wang Kefan, very nervous, for fear that he would refuse.

Sending two women to sleep is a very common way of hospitality, after a night of romance, you may not see them the next day, but Wang Fuchen really fell in love with the two thin horses, hoping to get them for a long time.

"Since it is a blessing for the two of them to be able to enter the eyes of the horse harrier, I will reward you!" Wang Kefan waved his hand disapprovingly, very generous.

The villain is profitable, Wang Fuchen is good at gambling and lustful, and it is the fastest way to use women to envelop him, these two thin horses were given by Ma Jixiang, and they have been idle for a few months, and they are transferred to Wang Fuchen, which is just the best use of things. (To be continued......)