Su Xigui didn't help Huang Zan find Zhu Hao.

In the end, Huang Zan had no choice but to be cheeky and go out in person, and his purpose was different from others, he didn't ask Zhu Hao what his future plans were, just for himself to be the secretary of the ministry.

Zhu Hao received Huang Zan at his home.

At this time, it was already night, and for a night owl like Zhu Hao, he was not in a hurry to rest before the end of the night, but Huang Zhan's arrival made him very resistant.

「…… Huang Butang, Your Majesty has not discussed with me anything about the arrangements of the Ministry of Officials, and even if I am a scholar of Hanlin, Your Majesty has informed me after his own decision, I am afraid that I will not be able to help what you say."

Zhu Hao is also straightforward.

I've done everything I can to help you, and if I can't help now, there's really no way.

Do you think that my relationship with the emperor will always be so harmonious that there will be no contradictions?

Huang Zhan asked tentatively, "What's that...... As far as Master Zhu knows, who should take over this position?"

After listening to Zhu Hao's words, Huang Zan didn't ask Zhu Hao to help him, he wanted to know now, who would be the secretary of the ministry after writing it down, and it couldn't always be Yang Yiqing, right?

Zhu Hao shook his head: "I don't know."

What he said was the truth, but in Huang Zhan's ears, it was purely a cover-up, and he didn't want to tell the inside story.

"Master Zhu, I don't mean anything else, I just want to ask clearly, so that I can be prepared for the future." Huang Zan couldn't blow his beard and glare at Zhu Hao.

When he was allowed to enter the cabinet, he had already said that he would leave after half a year, but now half a year has passed, and he has taken root in the position of the head of the household, even if he is asked to withdraw from the court, he is reluctant.

So he tried not to provoke Zhu Hao as much as possible.

Obviously, each other's positions are different from each other, but they still have to pretend to be affectionate, and even Zhu Hao feels that Huang Zan is too hypocritical for the sake of his official position.

But you can't blame the other party, among the officials of the Ming Dynasty, Huang Zan is good, this kind of person will at least show anything, unlike Yang Ting and that group of people, who are all cunning philistines in their bones, but they always show the appearance of righteous Ling Ran.

"Master Huang, you have to ask this, I really don't know, but since you asked, I can try to help you analyze it." Zhu Hao replied with a serious face, "Your Majesty's main purpose in transferring Old Yang to the Hanlin Academy is not to let him interfere too much in court affairs, can you understand this?"

"Yes."

Huang Zan had to admit that Yang Yiqing interfered a little too much in the emperor's affairs.

Gradually, even Huang Zan felt that Yang Yiqing was a bit like his old rival Yang Tinghe, and he wanted to get ahead of everything, which was the most disliked by the emperor.

Zhu Hao said: "If Your Majesty wants to change someone, it must be to dissuade and guide Your Majesty in doing things, but it can't be a hardcore nursing faction like Qiao Shangshu before...... You know, Your Majesty would prefer to have someone who has participated in the ritual to do so."

A glimmer of hope ignited in Huang Zhan's heart and asked, "That means...... Chance for old decay?"

Zhu Hao wants to say, you don't have a chance.

Do you think everyone else is stupid? With the appearance of you being a grass on the wall in the middle of the court, let you be the secretary of the ministry, who can you call? Will others listen to you?

Zhu Hao added the conditions for selection: "This person must have prestige, and it is best to be convinced by the officials whether or not they participate in the ceremony."

When Huang Zan heard this, it was as if he had fallen from the sky, and he was still face down, and he smiled embarrassedly at the moment.

He seemed to hear it, what Zhu Hao meant was that neither of us was suitable, so don't think about it!

"Alas!"

Zhu Hao sighed and said, "Actually, Yang Butang is the best in the position of the secretary of the ministry, and it can also help His Majesty gain people's hearts. But it is a pity that he was so bent on entering the cabinet that he supported the society in the most direct way, so that he never considered the question of who the position should be awarded. His Majesty's transfer of him to the position of Hanlin Scholar was mostly improvised, so that no successor to the Ministry of Officials was arranged at all."

Huang Zhan asked again, "Then who has the best chance?"

Zhu Hao said: "Unless the cabinet is one

Someone, or someone outside the court, otherwise it's hard to say."

Huang Zhan shook his head and smiled bitterly.

He heard what Zhu Hao meant, and Zhu Hao felt that no one in the court was qualified to replace Yang Yiqing as the secretary of the ministry except for the cabinet scholars, which made Huang Zan very unconvinced.

But in fact, what Zhu Hao wants to say is that the decision on who is qualified is in the hands of the emperor, and the emperor's criteria for employing people is not whether this person is capable or not, but what is this person's political tendency, and whether it is Yang Ting and the rest of the party in the court.

At present, the emperor has almost one purpose in selecting officials, that is, to sweep away Yang Ting and the remnants of the court one by one.

In the original history, starting from the fourth year of Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing appointed some marginal officials transferred from Nanjing, as well as those little-known members of the Yili faction, and it was precisely because of this that Yan Song had the opportunity to rise rapidly.

Huang Zan said, "That...... Is it really impossible to be on top at all?"

"Yes."

Zhu Hao said, "You need Huang Butang to fight with Your Majesty yourself, only Your Majesty can decide this matter, it is meaningless for you to come and tell me, if Your Majesty agrees, you will go up, Your Majesty will not agree, and whoever says it will be in vain!"

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When Huang Zan left, he was extremely depressed.

The suggestion given by Zhu Hao was to ask him to ask the emperor, no matter how he listened, it was unreliable, could he recommend himself in front of the emperor? Am I crazy, right?

After sending Huang Zan away, Zhu Hao was a little disappointed.

It was as if Tang Yin was sitting next to him again, rolling his eyes at him, asking him why he was tossing Huang Zan so much, and then asking in detail who was more likely.

It's a pity that man is gone.

Zhu Hao felt that he had lost a close friend, and he usually gags with Tang Yin, which is also a kind of happiness.

After Huang Zan went back, he naturally did not go to the emperor, the "shortcut" he thought of was to ask Zhang Zuo, and he also adopted a roundabout tactic, asking someone to send a gift to Wang Zuo, the commander of Jinyiwei, and then Wang Zuo notified Zhang Zuo and asked him to go to the household department to meet and discuss in detail.

Zhang Zuo thought there was something big, and knew that it was Huang Zan who made an appointment, so he went.

Recently, because Zhu Hao doesn't ask about court affairs, Zhang Zuo is very busy, because the emperor, like Zhu Hao, is also slack off on court affairs, which is equivalent to saying that Zhu Si and Zhu Hao are drying nets at the same time, and the fishing thing can only be done by him, the person who ran errands before, and he is so tired that he is close to his chest and back.

"Father-in-law Zhang, the old man wants to ask about the selection of the secretary of the ministry." Huang Chan is very direct, and he goes straight to the point as soon as he comes.

Zhang Zuo shook his head and smiled bitterly when he heard this.

Who really cares about something, Zhang Zuo really wants to say, you go and ask that Mr. Zhu, isn't it better than asking our family?

Zhang Zuo said, "How did our family know about this? You should ask Mr. Zhu."

Huang Zan said helplessly, "I asked him, and he said that he could only plead with His Majesty."

Zhang Zuo smiled bitterly again, Zhu Hao's answer was really crisp and direct, but thinking about the situation, the emperor is now complacent about controlling the appointment and dismissal of officials in the court, and he is happy to transfer official positions at will, sometimes completely ignoring the ideas of the ministers and the promotion rules.

Generally...... The emperor is now like a wild horse, and no one can control it except Zhu Hao, but Zhu Hao still doesn't make a move.

Zhang Zuo said, "Why don't you just listen to Mr. Zhu?"

Huang Zan smiled bitterly, "Even Mr. Zhang thinks so?"

Zhang Zuo looked around, and after making sure that there was no one left and right, he stepped forward and whispered, "Or you can find another way, you might as well take the relationship between others."

"Who?"

Huang Zhan didn't figure it out.

Zhang Zuo said: "Who is the incumbent, naturally ask him next."

Huang Zhan was even more speechless.

This eunuch actually asked me to ask Yang Yiqing?

Zhang Zuo sighed: "Huang Lao Butang, let's just say it directly, Recently, Your Majesty seems to have some ideas about the use of troops in the northwest, in terms of grain and grass baggage scheduling, if you can make more suggestions and strength, Your Majesty may give you a chance to be promoted."

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Left does not go around in circles with Huang Zhan.

Knowing that you Huang Zan wants to take the throne, then point out a clear path for you, don't think about who to ask for, it's better to ask for others than for yourself, you can do some political achievements yourself and win the emperor's appreciation, which is more important than what you do.

Huang Zan frowned and asked, "The northwest is going to use troops again?" Could it be that the imperial army wants to take the initiative?"

Huang Zhan didn't understand.

Although the northwest has not been peaceful in the past two years, but the Ming Dynasty has always maintained a defensive position in the northwest, if you want to use troops, you probably have to wait for the Tatars to kill it, if the Ming official army takes the initiative to attack...... It is probably easy to lose troops and lose troops.

Could it be that the emperor should follow the example of his predecessor and continue to do things in the northwest, so that the ministers dare not speak out?

Zhang Zuo said: "What the specific arrangements are, our family really doesn't know, if Your Majesty really wants to use troops, it is estimated that Mr. Zhu will come forward to oversee the trilateral military affairs."

"Huh?"

Huang Zan felt that his outlook on life had been subverted.

The emperor wants to use Zhu Hao to lead troops to the northwest?

That's really similar to Emperor Zhengde's reuse of Jiang Bin.

Jiang Bin is still from a martial arts background, and he has won battles in commanding troops, but what qualifications does Zhu Hao have?

Even if Zhu Hao once helped Tang Yin win the battle of Juyong Pass, it seems that he is still far from a qualified commander, right?

However, this explains why Zhu Hao has not been in charge of specific affairs between the DPRK and China.

Could it be that Zhu Hao has been actively preparing for the war?

Zhang Zuo said again: "Right now, Your Majesty shouldn't care too much about who will replace the Ministry of Officials, and it is estimated that the status quo will always be maintained." Let's go first."

Zhang Zuo didn't want to talk too much to Huang Zhan.

He felt that he had been deceived by Huang Zhan, and since there was nothing important, he had to go back to the celebrant to preside over Zhu Pi's affairs.

Huang Zan said, "The old man prepared a small gift for Father-in-law Zhang."

"This ...... How embarrassing?"

When Zhang Zuo heard that there was a gift, he suddenly became happy.

Recently, there really hasn't been much to give him gifts, mainly because his official position is very embarrassing, he usually doesn't go out of the palace at any time like Huang Jin, the emperor sees it strictly, and there is a Zhu Hao sitting on his head, so he is cautious.

Moreover, Yang Tinghe left behind a group of old subordinates, who were a little "unacquainted", and in general, they were unwilling to give money to open up the joints.

After thinking about it, Huang Zan is more reliable, and he is also generous.

"Huang Butang, you're too polite."

Zhang Zuo was in a good mood, so he naturally talked a lot, "I might as well tell you one more thing, now Mr. Zhu is not very interested in the northwest war situation, he is more concerned about the war on the southeast coast, and he has previously performed secret music one after another, mentioning that he wants to go on an expedition overseas. We don't know what he thinks, but it is said that there are things overseas that Daming does not have.

"Anyway, if you weigh it yourself, whether it will help you to be a secretary of the ministry, we don't know! Oh yes, and don't forget the Rite Shogun, who is also a strong contender for you."