"Dao Chief, do you have an idea? Now that the new emperor has been on the throne for a short time, he has relied too much on the old ministers of the Xingwang Mansion, if he can return His Majesty to the right path, appoint people on the basis of merit......

Zhang Xuan wanted to speak of himself as a little more upright, but he couldn't even speak to himself halfway through.

You, an old jinshi who has just entered the officialdom, why do you think you are a virtuous person?

You might as well just say how to get the emperor to reuse me. Yan Ji said, "If Lord Zhang recommends more talents to His Majesty, then His Majesty will think that Lord Zhang has a powerful force behind him to rely on, which may make His Majesty rely on you more."

"This ...... It's not that I haven't thought about it, it's just that the people I can appoint are scattered all over the place, and they can't gather in Jingshi for a while." Zhang Xuan thought that when he was in Nanjing, he could serve as his right and left hand Guicao.

The two can be said to have a very happy conversation, they are simply confidants, and Gui Cao also gave him a lot of suggestions in terms of big gifts.

At the same time, there are also Fang Xianfu and others, these people can also be used by him. But how to transfer people from Nanjing officialdom to the capital is a technical job.

Yan Ji said: "At this time, it is the time for His Majesty to employ people, as long as Lord Zhang recommends with His Majesty, His Majesty will transfer to Beijing for appointment, no matter what position he is in, as long as he can help Master Zhang at ordinary times, no matter how small the official position is, it is also a force that cannot be underestimated."

"Hmm."

Zhang Xuan originally wanted to write a letter to Gui Cao.

Listening to Yan Jiguan's words, his thoughts were even more firm. Didn't Zhu Hao also remind him that he could transfer the leaders of the etiquette from all over the world to Jingshi?

Regardless of whether Zhu Hao is saying the right thing or the opposite, anyway, now I, Zhang, am alone in the capital, and I have no right to speak in front of the emperor, only by making my own party strength grow and making the emperor feel that I have a huge influence, can I have the opportunity to climb to a high position, otherwise I can only be trampled under the feet of Zhu Hao and Tang Yin.

In order to recommend the official to the emperor, Zhang Xuan racked his brains and pondered how to get his wish.

With his identity, he is not qualified to directly communicate with the emperor, and the normal performance has to go through the cabinet and the celebrant supervisor, which will not work at all.

In addition, now that he is not in the ministry, and he is not an important minister who is about to become a minister, what qualifications does he have to recommend colleagues to the emperor?

Zhang Xuan originally wanted to find Zhang Zuo, and if he could recommend someone through Zhang Zuo, he would be able to skip Zhu Hao and Tang Yin.

But after thinking about it, Zhang Xuan felt that it was not appropriate to play Zhang Zuo, because Zhang Zuo was also the old department of Xingwangfu, and Zhu Hao and Tang Yin were likely to be grasshoppers on a rope, and finally he found Huang Zhan, who had just entered the cabinet.

Huang Zan entered the cabinet just as he was about to go to the Hanlin Academy to do the handover of his position. Because Zhang Xuan was originally among the Hanlin Academy as a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and he was not treated well by anyone like Huang Zhan, when Huang Zhan went back, Zhang Xuan found an opportunity to talk to Huang Zhan alone.

At the same time, there is a little advantage to being hostile to their colleagues, that is, no one cares what they say, and they are both outliers in the Hanlin Academy anyway.

「…… Huang Ge Lao, there are a few candidates here, or they may be able to help Your Majesty in the Great Rites Discussion, but now Your Majesty is making slow progress in the matter of the ceremony, and I am quite anxious in the next place, thinking that there are not many people in the DPRK and China who can help each other now, it is better to transfer a group of people from Nanjing officialdom to the top, after all, Nanjing is also a place where you have been operating for a long time."

Zhang Xuan came to find Huang Zhan, and there was another important reason, that is, before he was transferred to Beijing this time, both of them were in Nanjing officialdom. Since they have the same background, they must support each other in their positions. Huang Zan took a look at the list and found that he basically didn't know the people on it, but he had heard a lot.

Huang Zan said: "Bingyong, when you were in Nanjing, you were friendly with these people, they had the same opinion as you at the ceremony, and they seemed to be like-minded, which can be used as help, but you should also pay attention to the fact that there are many people who tend to be inflammatory, so you have to be careful to screen them."

Huang Zhan means, I don't want to help.

As an old man in officialdom, Huang Chan can see that Zhang Chan clearly wants to be his own faction, but Huang Chan got the opportunity to enter the cabinet through Zhu Hao's help, why should he help Zhang Chan?

In other words, what benefits can you Zhang Xuan come up with?

Zhang Xuan said: "I heard that now Your Majesty wants to use the old ministers of the former dynasty, and I think it is inappropriate to use the old ministers...... The old ministers of the former dynasty were mostly loyal and upright, and they were idle everywhere

It has been some years, and if they return to the court to deal with political affairs, it will inevitably be out of touch with the current court, but it is an old minister like Huang Ge Lao, who has been in the court, knowing everything that has happened in the court in the past few years, and he can take care of the overall situation."

"Huh!?"

Huang Zhan was stunned for a moment, and he heard a little sign from Zhang Zhang's words.

What Zhang Xuan means is that I want to form an alliance with you.

Huang Chan is naturally a cabinet elder, and he is naturally infinitely beautiful, but Zhang Chan also knows that Huang Chan will not stay in the position of a cabinet scholar for too long, just a transitional figure, and it is likely that Huang Chan will be replaced by Yang Yiqing, Xie Qian and others.

Zhang Xuan wants to tell Huang Zhan, I am in a group with you, as long as you support me, then I will do my best to help you, and you may have the opportunity to become the first assistant minister in the future.

Zhang Xuan continued: "It is the duty of my generation to recommend talents for the imperial court, and after these people enter the court, they will definitely look forward to you, Master Huang!"

Huang Zhan's attitude wavered when he heard this.

The biggest problem Huang Zan faced when he entered the court this time was that he did not bring his own team.

He was a magistrate before, and then he was promoted to the head of the North Household Department in the Zhengde Dynasty, and then transferred to the Southern Household Department Shangshu, which came down, and most of his henchmen were pragmatic magistrates, but he was promoted again but directly into the Hanlin Academy as a Hanlin bachelor.

As a retreating yamen, he knew very well what the attitude of the people in the Hanlin Academy was, except for Zhang Xuan's support for him, no one would stand with him, and he didn't even develop any "talents" related to etiquette among his subordinates before entering Beijing.

This brings a drawback.

I became a scholar of the Hallym because of the Great Rites Discussion, and then I entered the cabinet, but there was not a single person from the Hallym Academy under my hands, and there was not a single central official who participated in the ceremony.

Is it embarrassing?

But if Zhang Chan defects to him, the two will become complementary to each other, and for Huang Zhan, it is equivalent to developing his own henchmen.

Zhang Xuan struck while the iron was hot: "You are old in the cabinet, how many of the people in this Beijing division are still in the Shangshu, the squire, and the people of the yamen? Isn't this a good opportunity for you and Your Majesty to recommend talents? If you only recommend your right-hand man in the Minami Division, it will inevitably make Your Majesty suspicious, so it is better to ......."

What Zhang Xuan means is that when you enter the cabinet and become a scholar, you must find a way to promote your own people, but you can't just promote your old department.

Otherwise, the emperor will be suspicious, I am not embarrassed to say, and Zhu Hao and Tang Yin and other old departments of Xingwangfu will have a dislike with you, you might as well recommend these people I introduced by the way, so that the two of us can officially form an alliance.

When Huang Zan heard this, he took Zhang Zhang's recommendation list and said, "Let the old man think about it, you can go back first."

didn't directly agree, which shows that Huang Zan still has hidden worries in his heart. He has just become a cabinet scholar, and he directly allied with Zhang Xuan, what would Zhu Hao think?

Of course, he had to figure out first, whether Zhu Hao's help was important, or whether this little-known Zhang Xuan brought him more help.

Huang Zhan also has his own staff.

After going back, Huang Zan didn't let Su Xigui come, and directly found his staff to discuss things with him.

The staff member asked in surprise, "What does Huang Gong think?" Although Zhang Hanlin is an upstart, if he gets entangled with the people of Xingwangfu, how can he gain His Majesty's trust in the future?"

Huang Zan said: "I came to tell you about this, because the people of the Xingwang Mansion can help me only let me enter the cabinet, if I want to go further, or stay in the court for a long time in the future, I can only find another way."

These words stunned the staff. It makes sense to think about it.

Huang Zan is desperately trying to get close to the power of Xingwangfu, and the ultimate goal has been achieved, that is, to become a cabinet scholar.

But if you still want to continue to advance, it is basically impossible, and even Zhu Hao made it clear that he would let him retire in about half a year, at most a year...... Although Niu Xi has also revealed OM that maybe he will be in the court for a little longer, and he will pass by himself, or even if he will be in the court for a little longer, he does not have such unrealistic illusions.

Huang Zhan continued to explain his reasoning: "Before Tang Bohu became a bachelor of Hanlin, I still had some thoughts, but today, even Tang Bohu can be Han

Mr. Lin, what reason does Your Majesty have for me to stay in the Cabinet for a long time in the future? Perhaps, I joined the cabinet just to pave the way for some people."

The staff sighed and said, "Since Huang Gong already has an idea, he shouldn't say much about it in the future, Huang Gong can just do what he thinks."

"Well, then tomorrow I will recommend some people to Your Majesty, and see how the people from the Xingwang Mansion react."

Huang Zan entered the cabinet, and the next day the court meeting ended, and was called by the emperor to the Qianqing Palace alone to discuss matters.

Huang Zan took the opportunity to hand over a list of recommendations to Zhu Si. Zhu Si took it and looked at it, bowed his head slightly to express his satisfaction, and Zhang Zuo next to him wanted to probe to see what was going on, but the emperor closed the book, as if he had no intention of letting others see who was on it.

"Elder Huang Ge, I am deeply pleased that you are willing to recommend capable ministers for the imperial court, but they ...... Can it really help me?"

The Emperor seemed to be a little worried.

Huang Zan knew what this concern was, the emperor seemed to be asking, I want to find some officials from the Yili faction to enter Beijing, are your people sure that they have great talents in this area?

Huang Zan said: "Several of them were very active in the Nanjing ceremony, and they were all handsome."

"Really? Which ones?" Zhu Si asked directly.

Huang Zan said respectfully, "These are the people listed in the second volume." Zhu Si opened the fold again, looked at it and said with a smile: "If they really have such strength, they should be transferred to the capital, this Gui Cao...... I think I remember hearing this name somewhere."

Zhang Zuo hurriedly said: "This person has a great reputation in Nanjing, especially in the matter of etiquette, and even Zhang Hanlin said that he helped him a lot."

"Oh? If such a person enters the court, I don't know what position should be arranged?"

As soon as the emperor heard this, he wanted to promote Gui Cao.

Zhang Zhang's recommendation is even forgotten, and now even Huang Zan is also recommending, before Zhang Zuo also said that this person was in the limelight in the Nanjing Rites, why not use such a talent?

"This ...... It's hard to talk about the old slave." Zhang Zuo is unwilling to arrange positions casually.

Zhu Sidao: "Zhang Hanlin is a Hanlin attendant, so how can this person be a Hanlin attendant when he enters the court, right?" It is better to give him a lecture on the Hanlin Chamberlain, and when I have time to speak on the day of the feast, let me hear his insights on the ceremony, so that I can call it in the future."