Chapter 705: Sincerity and Selflessness

This is the big move that Zhu Youzhen left for his son, the big move in the real sense. And it is a big move tailored according to the combination of Zhu Cihong and Chen Xie. The problem is that the emperor has two rights in his hands, one is the appointment of the first assistant to the cabinet, and the other is the nomination of the cabinet members.

The political figures of the Ming Dynasty have always had a commonality, that is, they need to be supported by personal moral standards. If this person is smeared as morally corrupt, he has to resign himself. Some of them were puppets for the emperor, such as Yan Song, and the emperor didn't let him go at all. There are also Wan An, Liu Ji, and Liu Xiang in the Chenghua period, who belong to the thick-skinned type, and they can't live or die, and they don't have a face at all, that's what they are talking about.

All in all, the position of the first assistant to the cabinet is in the hands of the emperor, which Zhu Youzhen retained, and Zhu Cihong did not change it when he inherited it. The rest of the problem is simple, the procedure of the court push is like this, in the Beijing civil officials above the third grade will be automatically included in the scope of the court push, and then according to the number of votes to decide, take out the first ten people, and hand them over to the emperor to top the order.

In this way, Chen Xie, who was nominated by the emperor, must enter the cabinet, the reason is very simple, this is the Zhu family's world, the person nominated by the emperor has been elected, what does the Wenchen Group want to do? Do you want to rebel? What about the monarchs and ministers, fathers and sons, the three outlines and five constants? What about your moral standards? If anyone really dares to do this, they will be drowned @ death by the saliva of the world.

Then the question is simple, Chen Xie must be the first assistant, if someone else comes to be the first assistant, maybe he will be hollowed out by other cabinet members, the question is Chen Xie, if he serves as the first assistant, who has the confidence to empty him? Far from it. The Independent Commission Against Corruption is in your hands, and even if the other cabinet ministers are clean, can they ensure that the disciples below are clean? The result of the confrontation is naturally undoubted, the emperor who holds the Independent Commission Against Corruption, once he joins forces with the first assistant Chen Xie, what will he do to stop it?

Think of the consequences. The cabinet ministers and the officials of the six ministries were dumbfounded, and cold sweat was dense on their foreheads. Let Chen Xie enter Beijing to serve as the first assistant, don't even think about it, this kind of day feels dark when you think about it, Chen Xie's ability to toss, everyone has seen it. If he is not allowed to enter Beijing, then he must continue to stay in Jiangnan, the problem is that the taxes of the Ming Dynasty account for the largest proportion of Jiangnan. It was followed by Liaodong, and then Shandong. There is no tax agency in Nanyang, and the specific number is not yet available. This calculation is even more incredible, Daming's financial lifeline is equivalent to pinching in Chen Xie's hands. It's a Wenchen who can't accept this, in case there is a real change one day, and the financial guy of the Ming Dynasty is cut off seventy percent, so how can he play?

What is even more infuriating now is that the emperor opened Chrysostom and wanted to abolish the establishment of governors. Li Yuzhi, who proposed the proposal, became a target, and was pierced through the heart by the arrows of the ministers' sight. Look. It's all the things you provoked, and you can endure it. Li Yuzhi fired the cannon, you were thoughtful, you didn't greet everyone before, you thought you had taken the key point of the emperor and Chen Xie, but you didn't expect the counterattack to be so fierce. I was so confused for a while that I couldn't remember how to deal with it.

At the critical moment, Zhou Yanru, the head of the cabinet who is seeking re-election, has to come out and speak.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Mr. Sihua did in Jiangnan, no one else can do. It's better to let him stay in Jiangnan. Zhou Yanru opened his mouth to speak, and Zhu Cihong replied with a smile: "What Aiqing said is polite, but I have already agreed to Li Aiqing's invitation, and Mr. Sihua is empty in the name of a scholar, doesn't it seem appropriate?" ”

The implication is that Chen Xie doesn't return to Beijing, so you can arrange an explanation. This time, Zhou Yanru had nothing to say, and directly arched his hand and said: "The minister is ignorant!" Please also the Holy Judge! ”

If you want to say that you know you best, you are often not friends, but enemies. Especially the kind of person who stares at you all day and uses a magnifying glass to find fault. The relationship between Chen Xie and Yang Tinglin is very strange, the two were friends who shared life and death before, and then Chen Xie's actions were constantly challenging the rights of the Wenchen Group, and Yang Tinglin's position changed and stood on the opposite side of Chen Xie.

The two are still verbally agreed to be in-laws, but Yang Tinglin is pretending not to do this now, and Chen Xie doesn't mention it.

It's a friend and an enemy, and the relationship is too complicated. Yang Tinglin stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, you might as well set up a special position to lead all the reform affairs in Jiangnan, headed by Chen Xie, a university scholar." The yamen is located in Songjiang Mansion, what should this yamen be called, please also ask His Majesty Xià Holy Judge. "Yang Tinglin's method really works, anyway, you don't want Chen Xie to return to Beijing, you can do whatever you do outside, at least at this juncture, don't come back and toss. When everyone goes back to the court, just guarantee Chen Xie's cabinet quota, otherwise how can he lead this new yamen?

Zhu Cihong was proud, look, softened, right? It's good to be soft, it's right to be soft. Immediately smiled and said, "So, what about what Mr. Sihua invited?" "It's back to this matter of abolishing the craftsman's registration and the craftsman's registration. This time, everyone learned to be obedient, and Hong Chengchou quickly stood up and said: "The minister thinks it is acceptable, and these two are included in the civil register." For specific matters, please also ask Your Majesty to send someone to Huating to ask. ”

The household registration of the Ming Dynasty, Shinong Industry and Commerce is the civil registration, and the rest are lowly registration. The craftsman status is not bad, the children can participate in the imperial examination, and there is a chance to change their fate, but the children of the lowly nationality are not qualified for this at all. This is also the resistance to Chen Xie's household registration reform, Hong Chengchou is cunning and cunning, don't you want to change it? We agreed, you give a detailed solution.

Zhu Cihong was very confident in Chen Xie, and said: "Then in this way, the imperial court issued an order to cancel the governors of all walks of life, set up a new yamen and household registration, and sent an envoy to Songjiang Mansion to ask Mr. Ce Sihua." Meeting! ”

There are many smart people in the world, and who can enter the cabinet is not a genius like a scholar. When the Imperial Council returned again, everyone here was thinking about a question, why? Why did you lose so easily?

If Chen Xie is a rebellious minister and thief without a father, his strength is not as good as that of others, and he will die at most in front of knives and guns. Whether you have the courage to die or not, that's another story. It's a pity that Chen Xie is not, not only is he not, but he is still a loyal minister. At least you won't find any evidence of him as a rebel and a thief. Then the question comes again, Chen Xie is in Beijing, everyone can't do it, forget it, if he is not in Beijing, why can't he do it? This truth can't be said, today this matter seems very simple, and it is not difficult to analyze and understand the cause of failure. It's nothing more than Li Yuzhi coming to mention yì, wanting to disrupt the rhythm of the alliance between the emperor and Chen Xie, and he never wanted to be attacked from this place that seemed the most impossible to fight back.

When he thought of this, several bigwigs who returned to the cabinet showed indescribable feelings, and Zhou Yanru left in a hurry, with no excuses. The rest of them, sitting together with teacups in their hands, didn't know how to speak.

In the end, it was Lu Xiangsheng who broke the silence and said lightly: "Since Yu Guan Sihua's debut, he dares to be the first in the world, capable of what others cannot, and his words must be done and his deeds must be fruitful." "It's the truth, and the truth is the hardest thing to say. The truth is also the hardest to hear. What does Lu Xiangsheng want to say? Why did you only say this sentence and the rest of it? Do readers like this tone when they speak? No, it's nothing more than to save a little face for everyone.

Half a sentence of truth is enough, Chen Xie does what he says, which shows that he is sincere and can do practical things. Then there is no need to say the rest of the words, sincerity, who dares to stand up and pat your chest and say: "Sincerity, there is never hypocrisy." "Yang Tinglin and Lu Xiangsheng are considered gentlemen, neither of them dare to stand up and say this, in the court for a long time, who has no hypocrisy? Who doesn't have a time when they can't do anything? Especially in the face of the mighty Qing army entering the customs, Lu Xiangsheng refused to give the emperor and Yang Sichang a black pot in order to save his name, even if he knew that he was going to die.

Knowing that he would die, Lu Xiangsheng refused to seconded the proposal for peace, is this the behavior that a loyal minister should have? Isn't it a father and son who keep talking about kings and ministers? What's wrong with carrying the black pot for the emperor? Historically, if the Ming Dynasty wanted to continue, peace was the best coping strategy at that time. In the annals of history, Lu Xiangsheng is promoted, and Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian are not polite, the problem is to be honest, the Ming Dynasty at that time did not have the ability to fight on two fronts.

How could Yang Tinglin not be like this? For the sake of personal reputation, several of the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty were willing to bear a stigma.

Lu Xiangsheng's words can be regarded as ripping off the human skin. After saying that, he sighed, turned and left. If you lose, you lose, and you lose so badly. Even if your ability is not good, your heart is not as good as others, what else can you say? Who doesn't care about personal reputation, and works hard for the Ming Dynasty? I dare not say that Chen Xie is selfless, but he must be an official with the least selfishness in the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, for the things Chen Xie did, wearing a hat of sincerity and selflessness, loyalty to the country, who would dare to talk nonsense?

"You can't just let it go on, can you?" When Hong Chengchou faced Zhou Yanru alone, he said such a sentence. Zhou Yanru, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating, opened his eyes, glanced at him lightly, closed his eyes and sighed: "I don't believe it, Heng Jiu didn't see it, why did Chen Sihua do it?" ”

Hong Chengchou sat down and sighed heavily: "Why didn't you see it?" In his words, it is to develop industry and commerce, and find a way to live for the landless people of the Ming Dynasty. Lest there be another natural and man-made disaster, and the Ming Dynasty will be full of smoke. People are not forced to be in a hurry, how can they take risks? At the beginning, he was in charge of the trilateral suppression, but he couldn't see the possibility of appeasing the situation. ”

Zhou Yanru sat up straight and said: "This is what Chen Sihua admires the most, you and I are both older than Huan Hai, why didn't you and I think of this, but set a precedent for a posterior boy?" ”

Hong Chengchou tilted his head and thought about it: "Those who know it because they are born are also!" It means that there are people in this world who are born to know. (To be continued......) R1292