Chapter 231: Expediency
In the Datong General Military Mansion, Wei Zheng was kneeling on the ground with a group of civil and military officials from Datong Mansion, waiting for the official Shangshu standing in front of everyone to announce the holy decree just issued by the imperial court.
For Wei Zheng, who was the first to start and thundered as early as the imperial court, it was also the first time to see the official book.
Therefore, when he saw Wei Zheng for the first time, his first feeling was that this Wei Zheng was too young.
There is a good saying that in officialdom, youth is capital. At such a young age, he is already a member of the second rank of the imperial court, if he is given another five, ten, or even twenty years to develop, where will the young Wei Zheng in front of him develop step by step?
As a result, the official Shangshu immediately made a decision in his heart that he must turn the enemy into a friend with Wei Zheng, and even take this Wei General Soldier with great potential for his own use. If not, at least make him yourself.
Of course, the official Shangshu, who is constantly undergoing various changes in his heart, has not forgotten the imperial mission he came to this time...
Open the decree and recite it in front of everyone.
"Carried by heaven, the emperor said... Datong General Guard, the commander of the army, the merit of suppressing bandits...... From now on, I will control all military horses in Shanxi and eliminate all bandits in Shanxi..."
Seeing that the official Shangshu finally finished reading the holy decree that he already knew the content, Wei Zheng hurriedly thanked him and said: "Thank you, Lord Longen, the minister's decree is grateful......"
Before the words fell, Wei Zheng, who hated kneeling very much, had already received the holy decree from the hands of the official Shangshu and stood up from the ground.
At this time, the official Shangshu said with a smile on his face: "The general soldier of Wei is really young and promising. So young. became a member of the second grade of the imperial court. It's really the envy of the old man... You must know that when the old man was the age of Lord Xiang, he was just a small Zhengwupin Beijing official......"
Before figuring out the specific purpose of the official Shangshuci's visit, all Wei Zheng could do was compliment. After all, his own strength has not really developed and grown, and it is better to have one more minister of the DPRK and China than one more political enemy.
Under the gaze of the official Shangshu, he quickly replied with a humble smile on his face: "My lord has praised it falsely... The reason why Chen was able to become the chief soldier of Shanxi. The most important thing is the trust of His Majesty, the soldiers use their lives....If there is no trust of His Majesty, there are no soldiers under his command who are born and die for me, and it is impossible for me to be reused by the court with my ability alone. “
At the same time, a silver ticket of 50,000 taels was also sent to the secretary by Wei Zheng.
Looking at the silver ticket in his hand, thinking of the analysis he had just made, the Ministry of Shangshu wanted to turn enemies into friends with Wei Zheng even more seriously. With a smile on his face, he put the silver ticket in his pocket and said to Wei Zheng: "Master Wei, don't be too modest....The old man can say for sure." Except for those imperial relatives, Lord Wei can definitely be called the youngest and most promising official in our dynasty..."
Seeing that Wei Zheng was about to say something. The official Shangshu waved his hand directly, and continued to Wei Zheng: "Lord Wei, you should have heard about the things in the court....The old man didn't know you before, and he didn't know that Lord Wei was so young and promising, plus at that time, Lord Wei was still wearing the identity of Jinyi Wei, so the old man attacked you many times in front of His Majesty, and even framed you... Now here, the old man officially apologizes to Lord Wei, hoping that Lord Wei can ignore the past suspicions...."
"From now on, we can turn enemies into friends and fight together for the Ming Dynasty..."
"I see... It turned out that the official in front of him not only wanted to separate himself from Luo Yangxing's relationship, but also pulled himself together to fight against Luo Yangxing, and even wanted to let himself work for him..."Hearing this, Wei Zheng's face immediately showed a look of sudden realization, and he said to himself in his heart.
Seeing that Wei Zheng was silent about his own Jianyi, the official Shangshu's brows furrowed, with a face full of dissatisfaction, and subconsciously asked: "What, doesn't Lord Wei plan to give the old man a face..."
"You know, although the old man is over sixty years old, he is still a scholar of the imperial court, and my students are not to mention that there are hundreds of people all over the world. And you, Lord Wei, although you are already a second-class compound of the imperial court, your foundation is in Datong Mansion. Therefore, cooperating with the old man is only good for Lord Wei, and there is no harm..."
Although Wei Zheng never thought about it, and it was impossible for him to work for the official secretary in front of him, he could still do it with a temporary expediency.
Because, a sentence from the official in front of me reminded me.
As a secretary of the ministry, there are definitely a large number of officials in the entire Ming officialdom who are his students. As Shanxi, which is not far from the capital, Wei Zheng is sure that there are also many students in front of him.
He has been promoted to the chief soldier of Shanxi, and if he wants to take over all the military and horse power in Shanxi and have a good relationship with the civilian officials under the command of the governor of Shanxi, it must be indispensable.
After all, the governor of Shanxi is not the prefect of Datong, and the power he has is definitely not comparable to that of a small prefect. To deal with him, we must not use the method of dealing with the prefect of Datong.
Therefore, before you can come up with a concrete solution yourself, you must befriend him.
Although I don't know if the governor of Shanxi is a student of the official department in front of him, there is one thing that is certain, the governor of Shanxi must be a civil official.
If he can let the official secretary Shangshu help him say a few words, then the governor of Shanxi will not obediently cooperate with him and take over all the military and horse power in the entire Shanxi.
As a result, an imperceptible sneer quickly flashed on Wei Zheng's face.
In his heart, he also made the expedient decision to temporarily compromise and seek perfection: on the surface, he attached himself to the official department in front of him, but secretly developed his own strength.
In Wei Zheng's view, no matter how long this expedient measure can be maintained, one more day can be maintained, and his strength can increase rapidly by one day. At that time, even if the two of them turn their faces, they will have a stronger strength to compete.
Now that the decision has been made, continuing to hesitate may only arouse the suspicion of the old and elite officials in front of him.
So, Wei Zheng directly made a move that stunned everyone.
Kneeling on the ground, he said loudly to the official Shangshu in front of him, whose face was getting more and more ugly: "Xiaguan thank you Lord Zhou for a large number of adults....From now on, if your lord can use me to defend someone's place, even if your lord commands, Xiaguan will definitely go to the soup and fire, and he will not give up........."