Ruan Dayue, the secretary of the Ministry of War, smiled coldly, he did not have any assistants in the current cabinet, but he had the support of Emperor Zhu Youzhen, so he was not afraid of these civil officials who regarded him as traitorous ministers.

Ruan Dayue didn't wait for Gao Hongtu to open his mouth: "Ruan Mou does not agree to negotiate peace, don't say that it is Jiannu who is defeated now, even if it was my Daming who was defeated before, my Daming has not tried to negotiate peace, Ruan Mou only believes one sentence: Han and thief do not stand together, and Wang Ye is not partial!" ”

Gao Hongtu couldn't help blushing a little when he heard Ruan Dayue's words, and at this time, Liu Wanchun of the household department laughed: "Ruan Ge Lao is saying that we are stealing peace? The lower officials want to ask, is it that at this time the negotiation of peace is equal to partial peace, don't think that we don't know your thoughts, King Ding is now performing his duties in the First Army of the Guards, you want King Ding to have more meritorious deeds, why do you want to be so high-sounding. ”

Because of Chongzhen's seventeen years, the political situation in the Ming Dynasty has been turbulent, but in four years, the cabinet has changed twice, Liu Wanchun and Wang Siren are both officials who entered the cabinet not long after entering the office, so they don't have much calm bearing.

"Elder Liu Ge, you make it clear, what is the king, I, Ruan Dayue, am a courtier of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and I am only loyal to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. You wait, tomorrow the Imperial Court will have the imperial history to impeach you! ”

Ruan Dayue scolded Liu Wanchun loudly, and Liu Wanchun realized that he had lost his words, and some words could not be said clearly, otherwise he would be accused of maliciously provoking party disputes, and now he had to argue strongly: "I, I didn't mean that." ”

"Okay, today's cabinet meeting is about whether to discuss peace or not, what are you arguing about, raise your hands to vote", Gao Hongtu patted the table, and asked the five scholars and scholars present to raise their hands.

"I'm in favor of peace!" Wang Siren of the Ministry of Rites raised his hand first.

"I'm for it too!" Liu Wanchun of the household department also raised his hand.

"I'm not in favor of peace!" After Ruan Dayue finished speaking, he looked at Hua Yuncheng of the Ministry of Officials.

"I agree", the official Hua Yuncheng smiled slightly, and Ruan Dayue stood up angrily on the spot: "You, you!" ”

However, Ruan Dayue didn't say anything, although he was so angry that he blushed and his neck was thick, he also knew that he was relatively isolated in the cabinet, and there was no way to find many people to support him.

Gao Hongtu also breathed a sigh of relief at this time, thinking that after all, he didn't have to express his opinion clearly, and the majority of cabinet ministers already supported the peace.

Ruan Dayue saw Gao Hongtu's smug look, so he suddenly asked Gao Hongtu, which was equivalent to forcing Gao Hongtu to express his position: "Shoufu, you won't be in favor of peace like them, right?" ”

Gao Hongtu was asked by Ruan Dayue and didn't know how to answer, and secretly became indignant: "There are already three votes in favor of peace, what is the use of this official's opinion." ”

"It's still useful, if the elder Song Ge doesn't agree with the peace, your cabinet chief assistant has the power to have one vote to two votes", Ruan Dayue smiled slightly, and said in his heart: "You old fox wants to be a turtle with a shrunken head, no way!" ”

Gao Hongtu saw that Ruan Dayue was always raising the bar with him, and he hated Ruan Dayue so much that he gritted his teeth, but after all, he was not a person like Liu Wanchun and Wang Siren who had no experience in officialdom, although he hated it in his heart, he still smiled like a spring breeze on the surface, and asked Song Yingxing on the side: "What does Song Ge Lao mean?" ”

The old pavilion of flowing water and the Ministry of Iron Fighting, this is an internal phenomenon in the middle of the Chongzhen era.

Song Yingxing is the first person in science and technology in the Ming Dynasty, and he has won the trust of Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen, so whether it is Fan Jingwen or Gao Hongtu to form a cabinet, Song Yingxing is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and even when Song Yingxing once united with Fan Jingwen to offend Zhu Youzhen, even if Zhu Youzhen severely punished Fan Jingwen and a large number of other civil officials, Song Yingxing was also released.

There is no way, Daming can do without Fan Jingwen, Shi Kefa, Qi Biaojia, Liu Zongzhou, but not without Song Yingxing.

However, Song Yingxing is just a person from a person's background, although he was given a Jinshi background, but he is still not a person in the eyes of civil officials, and Song Yingxing is in charge of the more technical Ministry of Industry, and he mainly concentrates on scientific research, so he is a cold bench in the cabinet market.

Whenever Shoufu asked him in person, Song Yingxing would say a word or two.

Song Yingxing raised his head when he saw Gao Hongtu, the first assistant of the cabinet, asking himself: "Just now, Liu Ge Lao said that he agreed to negotiate peace for the sake of the people's livelihood, but the lower officials don't see it that way.

The negotiation of peace and the delay of the Northern Expedition will affect people's livelihood, and even the impact is very serious!

Now the craftsmen of the bureaus and factories of the Daming Ordnance Institute of the Ministry of Industry are hundreds of thousands, and the bottom of the coolies and prisoners are millions of them, and now because of the preparation for the Northern Expedition, the production indicators of the bureaus and factories are still being raised, but once they are not preparing for the Northern Expedition, these indicators have to be lowered, so what are these millions of people doing, they can't waste food in vain and don't work or don't work!

The food that I have accumulated in the Ming Dynasty is not necessary to waste it on these people for the Northern Expedition of the Great Army. And once these people are idle, who knows if there will be chaos, and will the cabinet be able to bear this consequence?

Therefore, I am not in favor of negotiating peace, and we should immediately go on a northern expedition to recover the northern capital! ”

Although Ruan Dayue is a native of Nanzhili, he does not support peace, Gao Hongtu can understand, after all, Ruan Dayue is more concerned about the interests of Dingwang's party, but Gao Hongtu did not expect that Song Yingxing did not approve of peace.

"This official remembers that Song Ge is always from Jiangxi?" Gao Hongtu asked something that seemed unrelated to today's cabinet topic.

However, Song Yingxing also understood what Gao Hongtu meant, and replied with a smile: "Xiaguan is also a member of the Daming Ordnance Institute, and he is the food and clothing parent of millions of craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry. ”

"This official is the first assistant of the cabinet, according to the holy decree, there are two votes of final decision, and the final resolution of the cabinet this time is to support the peace! After the vote is drafted, it will be reported to the celebrant for approval", Gao Hongtu, the first assistant of the cabinet, was finally forced by Ruan Dayue to put forward his true thoughts.

However, Ruan Dayue didn't have much joy, because he tried his best, and as a result, Gao Hongtu completely decided the cabinet's resolution because he was the first assistant of the cabinet.

Generally speaking, most cabinet resolutions will be passed by the celebrants, which means that many times Gao Hongtu's resolutions are final.

"If you have a chance, you will definitely pull that old man off the position of the first assistant!" Ruan Dayue hated and hated.

Soon, the cabinet resolution went to the celebrant supervisor, and now the celebrant is on duty with Lu Jiude.

At this time, Lu Jiude had been in a daze, and even couldn't help but ask Wan He, the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch and the court: "Your Majesty asked about peace today, and I said that peace is a good thing, but Your Majesty smiled and said that I forgot that I am from Yangzhou, what do you mean by this sentence?" ”

"Most of the guards are the children of Huaiyang, it is a well-known thing in the world, saying that your father-in-law is from Yangzhou, I am afraid that Your Majesty regrets asking you, Your Majesty thinks that your father-in-law is only afraid that your meaning is the same as that of the Guards", this Wan He smiled and handed over the cabinet resolution:

"This is the resolution of the cabinet, in favor of peace, father-in-law, you are the master of ceremonies, but it is only for Your Majesty, in the eyes of your son, you don't have to care what Your Majesty thinks, when the time comes, just show this cabinet resolution to Your Majesty, if Your Majesty agrees, it is naturally good, and if you don't agree, you can't blame your father-in-law."

"It's so good, but Your Majesty has been sick, and this peace matter can only be left undecided!"

Lu Jiude sighed.

(End of chapter)