"What if...... What about me? ”

The short six words fell on Wang Xijue's ears, but they were as heavy as a thousand pounds, and suddenly made the old Shoufu fall into a long silence.

Although the cabinet courtiers are nominally only advisers to the emperor, in fact, everyone knows that the cabinet has become the real central organ of the Ming Dynasty, and the head of the hundred officials recognized by the ministers.

Although he is not the prime minister, he also has the status of the prime minister to a certain extent.

From this point of view, they can be regarded as one person below ten thousand people, and there is naturally only one person above them, and there can only be one, that is, His Majesty the Emperor who lives in the Qianqing Palace.

So in fact, Zhu Geng's words are very out of line, there are so many officials in the DPRK and the central government, and countless factions and parties, it is indeed impossible for one family to really have a dominant situation, but what about the court?

In the court, a series of parties such as the Zhejiang Party and the Imperial Party contain each other, but beyond the court, the monarchy and the vassal power are not mutually contained?

Among the courtiers, it is naturally impossible for a completely dominant force to appear, but the monarchy can be different, the so-called monarchy is concentrated in the body of the Son of Heaven alone, and there will be no other internal forces to contain it.

And this time the Zhan Shifu dispute seems to be the decline of the Zhejiang Party, but from a general point of view, it is not the decline of the vassals......

The Zhejiang Party is the only force in the DPRK that can fight against the Imperial Party, and the Imperial Party has gradually squeezed the survival space of the Zhejiang Party because of the support of the Son of Heaven.

Once the Zhejiang Party completely declines, it will inevitably be followed by the comprehensive rise of the Imperial Party, and once the Imperial Party fully occupies the court, there will be different factions within it, which is certain, but it will be followed by the rise of the monarchy.

It's not because the imperial party is the emperor's henchmen, but because their majesty is too shrewd......

In just half a year, he was able to make the entire court respect and fear him, and he didn't dare to despise him at all, such an emperor, as long as he was given a chance, there would be no second possibility for the future situation!

Cadres are arbitrary......

This may be the dream of successive monarchs, but it can also be the nightmare of an entire country.

There is no perfect person in this world, everyone will make mistakes, and the meaning of the existence of subordinates is to avoid and advise the monarch's mistakes, and once the subordinates lose the power to contain the monarchy, they will naturally not be able to prevent the monarch from making mistakes.

And the mistakes made by an emperor are likely to bury a country!

Of course, this is the most serious possibility, but even if it doesn't get to such a point, a one-person court is definitely not a good thing, if you talk about the most wise and martial emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I don't know who it is, but if you talk about the most serious suppression of the power of the ministers, I'm afraid it will be Emperor Shizong.

A great discussion of rites made the entire court realize the means of Emperor Sejong, and no one dared to disobey Emperor Sejong's will, and the final consequence was that the emperor was addicted to Taoist alchemy every day, but no one could stop the admonition.

This kind of thing is enough to happen once, and if it is repeated now, it will be the sin of Wang Xijue, the first assistant......

He doesn't doubt today's ability, but he won't blindly pin his hopes on not making mistakes today, so Wang Xijue has to admit that Zhu Geng's strategy was successful, and he convinced himself!

"Motofu ......"

In the court for many years, Zhu Geng naturally also practiced the ability to observe words and colors, and when he saw the old Shoufu's face change for a while, he knew that his method was effective.

He can not care about other things, but he will not sit idly by and ignore such matters involving the society and the court.

In this way, it is not in vain that he took such a big risk to say such explicit words.

After a moment, Wang Xijue muttered.

"This time the Zhan Mansion is reopened, the old man's intentions, Shaoqin and Zhonghua are not suitable for entry!"

Zhu Geng frowned, and his heart suddenly cooled.

Could it be that he has achieved such a point, and it is still difficult to convince the old Shousuke?

Shaoqin refers to Zhu Geng himself, and Zhonghua naturally refers to the current No. 2 person in the Zhejiang Party, Shen Li, Shen Ge Lao.

Old Shoufu now said that neither of them was suitable for joining the Zhan Shifu, didn't he say that his previous efforts were in vain?

"Naturally, Li Erzhang and Fang Zhonghan are not suitable!"

Li Erzhang refers to Li Tingji, and Fang Zhonghan naturally refers to Fang Congzhe.

This sentence made Zhu Geng hope again, but it also made him completely confused, he originally wanted to let Lao Shoufu say good things for himself in front of the Son of Heaven, but now Lao Shoufu has denied several of them, could it be that Lao Shoufu wants to help each other this time?

In this case, the situation is still not in his favor!

Looking at Zhu Geng's slightly anxious appearance, Wang Xijue smiled slightly, but shook his head and said.

"Shaoqin doesn't need to be in a hurry, the old man's intentions, the candidates for the Zhan Mansion this time do not need to be confined to the Hanlin Academy and the cabinet, they can be selected from the six departments of the Hanlin Academy, after all, the prince is young, let us be dying and old people into the East Palace, I am afraid it will be difficult to accompany the prince to adulthood, it is better to choose some young and promising people, it is more appropriate!"

This sentence suddenly made Zhu Geng's eyes light up, and he couldn't help but applaud.

Lao Shoufu is not helping each other, it is clear that he wants to help people to the end, and send the Buddha to the west!

If the present is the present, then the prince is the future, everyone can see that the Son of Heaven has decided on the position of the prince so early, and it is clear that there is no swaying intention on the throne, that is to say, it is not surprising that the prince will become the son of heaven in the future.

And the prince's cronies are naturally the mainstream of the court in the future, just as they can't stop the rise of the imperial party now, when His Royal Highness the prince ascends the throne, the current imperial party will naturally not be able to stop the rise of His Royal Highness the prince's cronies.

But all along, Zhu Geng has not dared to think about this, one is because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is too young and can plan slowly in the future, and the other is because today's attitude towards the Zhejiang Party is really not very good.

If there is still hope for the Palm Seal Officer and the Zuo Second Officer of the Zhan Mansion, then it is too difficult to control the East Palace, because it requires not only the strength of the high-level, but more importantly, the strength of the middle and low-level.

After all, the prince is the future, and the high-level is now a high-rise, and he can't go higher, but the middle and low-level have an infinite future, and they can truly become the mainstay of the prince's future.

Just like Sun Chengen, Han Yi, Yang Lian and others who are now in Zhenglong, they were just little-known figures in the Zhan Mansion at the beginning, but now they are on the rise, and they will definitely become one of the big members of the court in the future.

And there are a large number of middle- and low-level officials in the Zhan Mansion, and they can't bypass the emperor's level, and Zhu Geng doesn't know about today's shrewdness, so he didn't put his mind over there at all.

But the words of the old Shoufu made him think.

He is an old bone, what is the meaning of entering the Zhan Mansion, but he wants to use this momentum to stabilize the position of the Zhejiang Party in the court, but it is impossible to really get any practical benefits.

Not to mention anything else, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has only been born for a few months now, and the earliest record of the royal family is that the prince entered school at the age of four, and by that time, Zhu Ge Lao will almost be a scholar, and it will have no impact on the prince.

But if you follow what the old Shousuke said, it's very different!

What are the advantages of the Zhejiang Party and the Imperial Party?

Naturally, it is the officials of the middle level of the imperial court, and the young reserve force!

The Imperial Party was the old department before the Son of Heaven ascended the throne, but this also determined their shortcomings, first of all, there were not many people, and with the support of the Son of Heaven, all of them were climbing to high places.

The second is that there is not enough reserve force, indeed, among the bigwigs of the imperial party today, each has its own power, and there are many old people at the bottom, but those who came in later are just the fame of the imperial party.

When they really came to the Son of Heaven, they didn't have the experience of following the Son of Heaven at the beginning, and I am afraid that in the heart of the Son of Heaven, it would not be much different from the status of officials of the Zhejiang Party.

Therefore, expanding the scope of the election of the Zhan Shifu from the cabinet and the Hanlin Yuan to the ministries and institutes is actually very beneficial to the Zhejiang Party.

At least in this way, even if it can't win the position of Shao Zhan Shi and Zhan Shi, the Zhejiang Party can successfully arrange a lot of its own people, which is a numerical advantage!

There are a lot of vacancies in the middle and lower levels of the Zhan Mansion, even if the imperial party wants to intervene, they can't intervene now, because their reserve strength is insufficient, it can be said that except for Li Tingji, Fang Congzhe and a few other people, there are no people who can do it, and people with a slightly lower level, such as Han Yi, Sun Chengzong, Yang Lian and others, can fight, but even if they are allowed to fight, how many can come in?

If they had to take control of Zhan Shifu, Zhu Geng would only be extremely welcome, because in this way, they would have to give up a large part of the interests of the court.

"But, in this case, it is not in accordance with the rules, right? Your Majesty, can you be sure? ”

After the excitement, Zhu Geng still regained his composure, after all, he was a figure who had been up and down in the court for many years, and it was not so easy to get carried away in front of interests.

It's easy to suppress the excitement and seriously consider the feasibility of Lao Shousuke's words.

Obviously, what they can see, the Son of Heaven can naturally see, the Zhejiang Party occupies a mainstream position in the Zhan Mansion, which must be what the Son of Heaven does not want to see, which is also the reason why Zhu Geng came to seek help from Lao Shoufu today.

And such conditions that are favorable to the Zhejiang Party, can the Son of Heaven really agree?

Zhu Geng couldn't help but hesitate a little in his heart.

However, Lao Shoufu looked at Zhu Geng with a smile, and did not answer his words directly, but asked rhetorically.

"In Shaoqin's heart, what kind of attitude does Your Majesty have towards today's imperial court affairs?"

This question is a bit big, and Zhu Geng is difficult to answer for a while.

However, Wang Xijue didn't intend to let him answer, but said to himself.

"Although the old man is not talented, he has also intersected with His Majesty for several years, and from the old man's point of view, His Majesty's major policies for the court are nothing more than a broken word!"

Sighing, Lao Shousuke's tone suddenly became a little complicated, and said.

"The imperial court is now seriously malfunctioning, there are many obsolete places, Your Majesty has been trying his best to change since he ascended the throne, the so-called broken and then established, it should be so! The generation of Qingliu Huaxuan is the most expensive person in my court, but His Majesty has always wanted to break the barrier between Qingliu Huaxuan and ordinary officials, the old man said so, Shaoqin can understand? ”

Zhu Geng fell silent, and his mind was full of thoughts.

Thinking about it carefully, what Lao Shoufu said was simply to the point, since the time of his accession to the throne, Jinshang has been constantly breaking all kinds of rules, tax laws, official systems, non-jinshi are not into the three grades, civil officials are not killed, and non-Qingliu is not in the department......

Every matter of affairs shows the concept of today's major politics, and it is broken and then established!

And to sum up, these things all have one thing in common, that is, they are weakening the status of Qingliu, although for some reason, but Jinshang seems to be very dissatisfied with the over-superiority of Qingliu's generation, and has been trying his best to break the barrier between the streams.

And this time, obviously, it's a good opportunity too!

The selection of the Zhan Mansion also has very strict conditions, one of which is the selection of Qingliu Hua, even now, in addition to the old ministers he brought from the palace, most of the officials of the Zhan Mansion are also selected from Hanlin.

This is obviously contrary to today's beliefs, so this proposal of Lao Shoufu is actually catering to the mind of the Son of Heaven!

Although the Son of Heaven does not want the Zhejiang Party to occupy the mainstream of the Zhan Mansion, he may not be willing to promote all the officials of the Zhan Mansion from the Hanlin according to the old rules, but the old rules of the imperial court are here, and it is not easy to break them.

But if you have the help of Lao Shoufu and himself and others, it may not be, looking at the usual experience, every time the Son of Heaven wants to break the old rules, he will first win over some people, and then suppress some people.

This time, as long as there is the approval of himself and others, presumably the Son of Heaven will be willing to push the boat with the water, after all......

In the final analysis, the main energy of the Son of Heaven must be on the current situation, the crown prince is a matter of the future, and the future affairs are obviously not as important as the immediate interests!

"Thank you Motosuke!"

Thinking of this, Zhu Geng solemnly arched his hand.

I can't help but deeply admire the old Shoufu in front of me, being able to hold the position of Yuanfu, it's really not unreasonable, I really didn't make a mistake today!

Wang Xijue smiled, but quietly hid a trace of sorrow in his eyes.

Drink to quench your thirst!

The purpose of supporting the Zhejiang Party was to counter the Imperial Party and then contain His Majesty, but in order to achieve this goal, they first had to make such a big step in such an important matter as Liupin, who got the benefits?

I'm afraid that this question will have a different answer in everyone's heart!

And the reason why Lao Shoufu didn't directly express his attitude when Zhu Geng came at the beginning was because he still had the biggest doubt in his heart......

Is a person like the Son of Heaven really a person who can be restrained by his subordinates?

Wang Xijue himself doesn't know this problem, but the matter has come to this point, and he can only take one step at a time......

At this moment, a Chinese scholar hurriedly ran in outside, holding a letter covered with a bright red wax seal in his hand, and said hurriedly.

"Yuanfu, the military department has received an urgent report from the front!"