There was silence in the Qianqing Palace.

The cabinet ministers below looked at each other, and it was difficult to hide the shock in their hearts.

They have long known that the Son of Heaven attaches great importance to the two subjects of arithmetic and gewu, but they only think that the Son of Heaven is young and frivolous and indulges him in nonsense, but they never thought that the Son of Heaven would attach importance to it to this extent.

The Son of Heaven's words actually have two meanings, one of which is about the situation that the ministers are worried that outstanding talents will be absorbed by a number of subjects, the attitude of the Son of Heaven is very clear, and you think too highly of yourself!

Even if you are willing to come, without extraordinary counting skills, the Son of Heaven will not accept it!

The second is the issue of electing officials, Sinong Temple is just a temple supervisor-level yamen after all, although it is highly valued by the Son of Heaven, but it is not so much that a group of bigwigs in the cabinet can look down on it.

But the Zhan Mansion is different.

In the past few days, the ministers have made a lot of mistakes for the preparation of the Zhan Mansion, and the support of the Son of Heaven is also very strong, but only for the most critical candidate issue, they have always avoided talking about it.

In addition, now that Enke is approaching, the attention of the ministers has slowly shifted to Enke, so they have not investigated this matter in detail.

Unexpectedly, the Son of Heaven brought it up at this time!

If you want to say that the highest yamen in the Ming Dynasty is the cabinet, but if you want to count the most gold and promising yamen, it is definitely Zhan Shifu.

In this regard, even the Hanlin Academy has nothing to do, you know, the Hanlin Academy recruits dozens of Shu Ji Shi every year, but these Shu Ji Shi must stay for at least five years before they can have the opportunity to circulate, and not everyone has it, even if they enter the Hanlin Academy, the chance of being able to transfer to the ministry is about one-third, and there are very few people who can reach high positions, ranking seventh, and the probability of entering the cabinet is even smaller.

In this layer of screening, the scholars are fighting for the probability that there is no one in ten thousand, so even if it is the clear stream of the Hanlin Academy, it is only a little more advantageous than the others, and the road to the top is still extremely difficult.

But Zhan Shifu is different, the role of Zhan Shifu is to assist the prince in handling daily government affairs, teach the prince to learn, and it is also the team of the prince after he ascends the throne in the future, but from this point of view, Zhan Shifu basically represents a bright future, so for young officials, being able to enter Zhan Shifu is definitely a dream thing.

The reason why Zhan Shifu is not as famous as the Hanlin Academy, is because it is too dependent on personal chance, the Zhan Shifu is different from other yamen, and the non-permanent yamen, if the storage position is not decided, the Zhan Shifu is just a fictitious position, usually edited by the Hanlin Academy.

Especially in the Ming Dynasty, these generations of emperors and princes did not play cards according to the routine, so if you want to enter the Zhan Mansion, to a large extent, it is more important to be a person's luck.

It can be seen that the rarity of this opportunity can be understood, and it can be understood why a group of court bigwigs did not hesitate to tear their faces, put down their bodies, and ran around for the candidates of Zhan Shifu.

And more importantly, the Zhan Shifu is different from the general yamen, it and the cabinet are generally subordinate to the yamen, the cabinet serves the emperor, and the Zhan Shifu serves the crown prince.

Therefore, in the appointment of the Zhan Shifu, it is not possible to completely follow the selection process of the ministry, but to a greater extent depends on the personal will of the sovereign, after all, it will be the sovereign's team in the future.

Even if it is forcibly stuffed into it and offends the lord, there is no good fruit to eat!

When Jinshang was appointed as the crown prince, almost all the candidates in Zhan Shifu were finalized by Jinshang one by one, and others couldn't interfere at all.

Now that the world has changed, the original prince has become the current majesty, and the current prince is still a milk doll who has just turned three months, so it is naturally impossible to choose his own candidates as he did at the beginning.

But even if the prince can't do it himself, it won't be the turn of the ministers to call the shots, and who can enter this Zhan Mansion ultimately depends on the meaning of today!

This is a justifiable thing, if you want to put a person out of the list of Zhan Shifu, you don't even need a reason, it is very different from the promotion and deposition of ordinary officials......

And the opportunity of Zhan Shifu is obviously fatal to the temptation of officials and scholars, after all, if you are admitted to the Jinshi, you may not really be able to enter the Hanlin Academy, and if you enter the Hanlin Academy, you may not be able to fight out of the encirclement and become an important minister in the court, but the Zhan Mansion is a step to the sky, why not give it a go?

Therefore, when Zhu Changluo sacrificed this big killing weapon, the ministers who originally had the intention of opposing it instantly booed and kept silent.

I even wondered in my heart whether I should go back and find out if there were any people in my clan who were good at arithmetic, so that they could hurry up and apply for the math subject, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

If he can really be elected to the Zhan Mansion, he will have a much better future than any Jinshi.

"Okay, if you Aiqing have no other objections, let's do it accordingly! In addition, if I remember correctly, the tax reform of Suzhou Prefecture should be put to an end now! How's it going? ”

Zhu Changluo smiled, but nodded and said.

In fact, the so-called government is a carrot and a stick, blindly using the authority of the monarch to suppress, it will only backfire, the so-called blocking is better than sparse, rather than let Zhu Changluo force them to apply for the two subjects of mathematics and physics, it is better to give a rich enough reward, with this layer of incentives, no need for Zhu Changluo to say, the scholars will naturally flock to it.

"Back to Your Majesty, this matter is going well, the day before yesterday Wang Yingjiao handed over the note, said that the silver tax is very popular in Suzhou Prefecture, although there are illegal traders to take the opportunity to make profits, but in Suzhou prefect Han Yi under the best efforts to maintain, mobilized a large number of silver taels and grain for emergency, coupled with the regular closing of the large price to buy grain, finally did not make a big mess, now the tax and silver has been basically collected, preliminary statistics at about 1.3 million taels, an increase of nearly 400,000 taels over previous years, More than 2,800,000 taels of silver were used to settle grain prices, and 3,200,000 stone of grain were earned, which was enough to cope with more than two major disasters in the year......"

Speaking of this, the faces of the ministers present were slightly complicated, but it was the first assistant Wang Xijue who spoke.

The complication is that most of the courtiers present were initially opposed to the tax reform, but in fact, the effect of converting grain into silver taels was far beyond everyone's expectations.

You must know that in previous years, the tax of Suzhou Prefecture was based on grain, which was only about 3 million stones, but this time, only the grain with the income from the regular liquidation exceeded this number.

And the silver taels spent, but not as much as the silver taels received, this can be described as a slap in the face of the ministers.

But at the same time, the example of Suzhou seems to prove something, and the reform of Zhang Jiangling in the first place is not necessarily wrong.

At least at this time, it should be said that it is very appropriate, Suzhou is an example, a large-scale reform, so that Suzhou Prefecture has increased its annual income by nearly half, what if this number is expanded to the whole country?

Can the annual income of the entire imperial court also be increased by half?

Thinking of this, the hearts of the ministers couldn't help but feel a little upset, this is something that can last for eternity!

"Okay, after this Enke, I will personally celebrate Wang Aiqing and Han Aiqing!"

Zhu Changluo also breathed a sigh of relief and said loudly.

Although he has never relaxed the affairs of Suzhou Mansion, after all, the government is busy, and he is far away from the emperor, so it is impossible to manage everything.

And at this time, it reflects Qin Cha's ability, this Wang Yingjiao, who was recommended by Han Yi, really has a hand, and cooperates with Han Yi to use both soft and hard measures to stabilize prices, solve various problems, and finally hand over an almost perfect answer sheet to him, which can be regarded as living up to his trust in Han Yi at the beginning.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

After discussing the matter, the ministers also retired, but to Zhu Changluo's surprise, the old Shoufu stayed......

"Motosuke, is there anything else?"

Zhu Changluo frowned and asked softly.

It stands to reason that whether it is the government or the border pass, it is a good scene now, but for some reason, Zhu Changluo always feels like a big stone pressing on his heart, especially when he sees Wang Xijue's calm expression, Zhu Changluo instinctively feels that something is wrong......

"Your Majesty, the old minister resigns!"

Lao Shoufu's face was as calm as water, and with his usual calm smile, he arched his hand and made a big salute.

Zhu Changluo's heart sank suddenly.

"This ...... Motosuke, what the hell is going on, is there something wrong with me? Please Yuanfu speak bluntly, I must be introspective! ”

Looking at Wang Xijue's serious eyes, Zhu Changluo knew that he was not joking, and he felt a little more jerky when he spoke.

"Your Majesty has done a good job, and has never lived up to the expectations of the first emperor, and the old minister also believes that Your Majesty will be the most outstanding virtuous monarch of my Ming Dynasty!"

seems to have made up his mind, Lao Shoufu's expression has become much more free, and there is a little less consideration between his words, like this sentence just now, if it is spread to the outer courts, it will definitely be criticized for being disrespectful to the previous emperors, but at this moment Lao Shoufu is frank and unashamed.

"That Yuanfu ......"

Zhu Changluo suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, forced himself to calm down, and waited for Lao Shoufu to give him an explanation.

"In fact, as early as two months ago, the old minister should have left the court!"

Wang Xijue's tone was indifferent, with a hint of remembrance.

However, this sentence made Zhu Changluo feel a little more guilty in his heart, because he knew that Lao Shoufu was talking about Chengtianmen......

Wang Xijue smiled and said.

"Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about the old minister, the old minister has seventy this year, the ups and downs of the sea all his life, there has been a time when he was young and frivolous, and there was a time when he cowered, the first emperor did not give up, entrusted the minister to the Yuan auxiliary heavy responsibility, the minister was conscientious, and did not dare to have the slightest slackness. If you can't do it, I hope Your Majesty will be sympathetic, and the quasi-ministers will be able to do it! ”

Wang Xijue said frankly, but Zhu Changluo couldn't bear it for a while.

Although he always pits this old Shoufu on weekdays, but after many years of friendship, Zhu Changluo's heart knows that if there is a man of character in the Ming Dynasty, it must be the old Shoufu, and the reason why he can make the old Shoufu compromise every time is because in the heart of this old man, he is truly mindful of the world, as long as it is beneficial to the Daming Society, even if he knows that it is a pit, the old man will not hide.

But if you think about it carefully, he is old after all, over the years, there are more and more wrinkles on his face, his temples have changed from white to completely white, and his body bones are getting worse and worse, but even so, he still maintains his own style and bones, and he is absolutely uncompromising on what he insists on.

Zhu Changluo sometimes thinks that if there is really no old chief assistant in this court, I am afraid that the whole court will not be able to find a real Wenchen.

"Yuanfu, the court needs you to continue to sit in charge, I am still young, and I also need you to remind me from time to time! For the sake of the imperial court, please also ask Yuan Fu to ......"

As a last resort, Zhu Changluo still used the old routine, the old Shoufu was worried about the court situation, as long as he put the court and society out, he would never just let go.

Only this time, Zhu Changluo missed, and as soon as he was halfway through the sentence, Wang Xijue shook his head and interrupted him.

"Your Majesty is wrong!"

It should be said that this is the first time that Wang Xijue has refuted Zhu Changluo's words head-on, so that he was a little unresponsive for a while, sighed, and Lao Shoufu spoke.

"Your Majesty is sympathetic to the old minister, and the old minister is naturally grateful for the grace of heaven, but if it is for the court, where the minister goes, it is for the good of the court! The minister knows that His Majesty has ambitions, looking at the world, since he ascended the throne, His Majesty's actions all show this, the court is the core of the Ming Dynasty, so His Majesty has focused on the court at the beginning, put it on the rule of officials, only a clear and powerful enough court situation, in order to help Your Majesty realize the ambition in his heart, this, His Majesty and the old ministers are well aware of this......"

At this point, Wang Xijue's eyes suddenly became lonely, but when he saw Zhu Changluo's young face, a glimmer of hope appeared on his face, and he said.

"The old ministers are old, the ministers above the court are also old, the first emperor entrusted us with the government, is to hope that we can escort Your Majesty, but now Your Majesty has been able to take charge of the party, we old ministers, will become an obstacle to Your Majesty, rectification and governance, has always been from top to bottom, but Your Majesty has done the opposite, making it extremely difficult, what you do, is nothing more than sympathy for our old ministers, the righteousness of the whole monarch and ministers, the ministers are extremely grateful, and then for the sake of the court, please also ask Your Majesty to be a quasi-minister!"

Zhu Changluo was speechless, and he finally realized what it means to attack the shield of the son with the spear of the son.

I used the court to blackmail the old chief, but finally planted on these four words, indeed, if you want to implement the ideas in your heart, the first thing you have to have is a court with executive power, which is also the truth of a son of heaven and a courtier.

Wang Xijue, these old ministers, although the prestige is very high, but if they disagree with their own opinions, it is also a very troublesome thing, you know, Wang Xijue is the leader of the old ministers of the first emperor, as long as he is in one day, Zhu Changluo will be difficult to do to these old ministers, so the old Shoufu's move is actually to give up his official position to complete this new court!

The so-called Great Loyalty Festival is nothing more than that!

Zhu Changluo's heart was churning with all kinds of emotions, and after a while, he sighed heavily and said.

"It is according to Yuanfu's intentions, but now the seniority of the people in the DPRK and China is still young, and it is even more rare to have Yuanfu's talent and morality, if Yuanfu goes, who should be in charge of the cabinet?"