Jingshi, Huang Zan was officially promoted to the secretary of the ministry.

The emperor didn't delay this matter for a long time, but even if Zhu Si didn't say it, Huang Zan also knew that it was simple to buy a secretary by himself, but it was not too easy to sit in this seat for a long time.

If he can't get the benefit fee of 30,000 taels of silver for a Chinese New Year's Eve that the emperor needs, his official hat will be thrown away at any time.

I won't wait a year, but I guess there will be money in a month.

Shi Xuan's resignation as the secretary of the ministry means that there is one less veteran minister who has been a cabinet minister, and Shi Xuan's dedication to the official has made many people in the court sigh, because in the eyes of many people, Shi Xuan is already the existence of Yang Tinghe faction in the last dynasty with the strength to preside over the overall situation.

After Shi Xuan retreated, the Protector Sect, that is, the orthodox civil official, could only be led by Jia Yong.

But Jia Yong is in the cabinet, with Fei Hong and Liu Chun on the top, and Yang Yiqing on the bottom, no matter who can suppress him steadily, it is estimated that it will not be long before the emperor finds out that he has nothing to do in the cabinet, and will also consider replacing him.

"Huang Butang, congratulations."

After the official commission was over, Huang Zan went out of the palace gate, and a bunch of people came to congratulate him.

Huang Zhan agreed with a smile on his lips, but he had mixed feelings in his heart.

Being an official but you have to keep honoring the emperor in order to continue, it's a shame to say it, in the end, are you here to be an official or buy an official? Obviously, he is a member of the emperor's faction, and when the emperor ascended the throne, he was already a scholar of the household department in Nanjing, and he lived a leisurely life, rich and powerful......

Why is it that now, it seems that the mix is not as good as before?

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Huang Zan went to the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials that day and met with the subordinates of the new Yamen.

Regardless of whether others are prejudiced against Huang Zan or not, the people in the ministry are polite to him, mainly because Huang Zan has a good reputation in the court, and he is fundamentally different from Zhang Chan and Gui Cao, he is a Jinshi of Chenghua for 20 years, he can be regarded as a veteran of the four dynasties, and he has helped Emperor Zhengde take care of his finances for a long time, and has profound qualifications.

In the eyes of others, Huang Zan is not only capable, but also has long been on the right team, how can others make things difficult for him?

But Huang Zan could still feel the unfamiliarity and coldness of his officials.

The faction itself is different, after all, he is from the Rite Sect, and the Ministry of Officials has been in the control of the Protector Sect for a long time, after Qiao Yu retreated, Yang Yiqing has been in the position of the Protector of the Ministry for a short time, and almost no role has been played, and then he returned to the hands of Shi Xuan, the general of the Rite Protector Sect, and now it is his turn.

From top to bottom, the officials have formed an adherence to traditional etiquette, as if they regard this place as a position to stick to their ideals.

Now that the position has been captured by Huang Zhan sent by the emperor, they are only polite to Huang Zhan.

When I returned home that day, Zhang Xuan came to visit.

Zhang Xuan came to discuss cooperation with Huang Zhan, mainly involving raising silver taels for the emperor, because Zhu Si was very dissatisfied with Jiang Lun's progress in building the Xingwang Mansion, the Xingxian Emperor's Temple, and the Emperor's Mausoleum in Anlu, and Jiang Lun also asked the imperial court many times to increase the use, and the Yili faction had to stand up and exert force.

「…… At present, it seems that it is mainly the Anlu region and the Huguangbu political envoy and other yamen who provide financial and food support, but this support is always a drop in the bucket. As you know, the cost of project construction is bound to be huge, and how can there be great progress in relying on local fund-raising alone?"

Zhang Xuan said clearly, I'm here to ask for money.

You don't care whether I collect debts for the emperor or not, you and I are here to supervise your payment of "share money", and now that you are the secretary of the ministry, you have to fulfill your promise.

Huang Zan said, "How much should the first batch be transferred?"

"One hundred thousand taels of silver."

Zhang Xuan was not polite at all.

Huang Zhan frowned, "How is this possible? I just transferred 60,000 taels to the past......

"Huang Butang, that's not what I said, the 60,000 taels, Your Majesty may not be used in the land of Anlu, as for where it is used, it is not for us to ask. Now His Majesty wants to open up a wide range of financial resources outside the household department, this is a precedent opened by Zhu Jingdao, and I really can't compare to Zhu Jingdao?"

Zhang Xuan put pressure on Huang Zhan.

Don't make excuses, just give you the money

, if you can't give it, just wait to get out.

No one will get used to your bad faults.

Whoever makes the people of the Yili faction, you Huang Zan can't afford it the most, your age is there, and if you still want to make progress now, you can only come according to Your Majesty's requirements.

Huang Zhan seemed excited: "The old man sent someone to Nanjing before, trying to talk to his brother-in-law about giving money and food, but unfortunately he couldn't find his person."

"What? Can't find anyone?"

Zhang Xuan was very surprised, his face full of disbelief.

Your brother-in-law's industry is all over the Ming Dynasty, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the rich are rivaling the country, everyone thinks that you have a mountain of gold and silver behind you, but you shirk it here?

Huang Zan said, "He walked with Zhu Jingdao, maybe he ...... I don't want to rely on old age."

"Huh!?"

Zhang Xuan's face became extremely bad.

Promoting Huang Zhan, Zhang Xuan felt that he could already achieve a strong guarantee in terms of financial resources, after all, there was no one in the court who could take care of money better than Huang Zhan, and the Hui businessmen behind Huang Zhan were really rich.

But now Huang Zan said that my biggest source of income, my brother-in-law Su Xigui, has completely surrendered to Zhu Hao, and I am not sure to pull him back.

So what to do?

Huang Zhan looks very single now! Anyway, I have been a secretary of the ministry, and I am also a day, if you want me to give a message, just notify me.

Huang Zan was silent for a moment, and then said, "The old man has been in the dynasty for many years and has experienced many ups and downs, so I thought that it would be enough to guard a corner of the place and settle the people of one side. Before entering the earth, there is also a chance to enter the court as the head of the cabinet and the ministry, and die without regrets."

Zhang Xuan's face was grim.

You Huang Gongxian didn't say that before, in order to become the secretary of the ministry, you lost your face and came to me to beg me for a junior, but now you say that you are dead without regrets?

It's still your boss who is good at deceiving people!

Everyone else is a former and a backward person, but you are just the opposite, what about deceiving ghosts?

Zhang Xuan said: "Old Huang, if you do this, I am afraid that Your Majesty will be unhappy, and Grandpa Zhang's side is afraid that he will not let you go."

[In view of the general environment,

You Huang Zan thinks that you have become a secretary of the ministry, and you can deny it if you want to?

Is the emperor afraid?

Zhang Zuo, are you afraid?

Huang Zan said, "The old man will try his best to help His Majesty with some money, and as for how much can be raised, it depends on how many people are willing to give money. Now that the location of the household department has not yet been determined, I don't know if I can raise a batch of funds from the household department......

Zhang Xuan immediately understood what Huang Chan meant.

You want silver, huh?

Don't think about 100,000 taels, the emperor only gives me a task of 300,000 taels a year, you come up to me and ask for 100,000 taels, what's the matter, you want to give me a dismount?

Even if I didn't arrange my protégé, at least my personal future has been satisfied, and I can retire successfully.

You can't always ask for it from me and make me pay for it, right?

That's okay, after I leave, the position of the head of the household book will be promoted according to the person I recommend, if you say no, then let's not talk about it.

I'm not saying that I want to pick a son, you Zhang Xuan can't be the master, find someone who can call the shots to talk to me, such as Zhang Zuo!

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When Zhang Xuan left Huang Zhan's mansion, his face was full of shame.

Huang Zhan, who has always been in control, actually played with him and coaxed him around, much to Zhang Zhang's surprise, and then he realized that he had been in the DPRK for a short time and how much of a disadvantage he had in politics.

There is no need for Zhu Hao to deal with it, just this group of old fritters in the officialdom can make him drink a pot one by one.

Zhang Xuan can only try to contact Zhang Zuo, but at present, Zhang Zuo has no intention of meeting the foreign minister, and seems to be avoiding suspicion, Zhang Xuan can only see Huang Jin.

「…… Huang Gongxian refused to contribute money to raise construction funds for the Anlu locality, and proposed to promote the head of the household department and even the household department according to his wishes

and the squire shall use his men......

When Zhang Xuan told Huang Jin about this, he didn't think anything of it.

In fact, this can be regarded as a kind of temptation to see if the emperor is really willing to compromise on his official position for the sake of interests, and to be outspoken is to let Huang Zan come out as cannon fodder...... These words came from Huang Zhan's mouth, but I didn't say it, I was just in charge of passing the word, and it had nothing to do with me.

Huang Jin was dumbfounded: "Is this to let the Ming officialdom sell the official beard from top to bottom?"

Zhang Xuan smiled bitterly.

Isn't this a problem that His Majesty gave to Huang Gong?

If you want to talk about selling officials, it seems to be Your Majesty's business!

"This is a bit unfamiliar, but the household department is mostly controlled by Huang Gongxian's people, so it should be able to hold up the scene, right? You can't leave the household to outsiders to take care of it......

Huang Jin said intentionally or unintentionally.

Zhang Xuan was surprised by this.

It stands to reason that Huang Jin is just a eunuch of the Admiral Dongchang, although he has now returned the title of eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi, but with Huang Jin's status, if the emperor didn't have the idea of handing over the household department to Huang Zhan's cronies to take care of, Huang Jin, a eunuch who obeys orders, would say this in front of him?

"Then Your Majesty is the one who wants to hand over the household department to Huang Gongxian? This...... Is Your Majesty suspected of being coerced by his courtiers?"

Zhang Xuan sowed discord at the right time, and wanted Huang Jin to know that Huang Zan was not a good thing.

It would be polite to say that he was pampered and arrogant, but he simply asked His Majesty for a lot of money to pay money.

The price he asked for was to bring up the people of his faction in the court, so that the court could listen to the surname Huang.

Huang Jindao: "This is what Master Lao Zhang is worried about, everything is under His Majesty's control. In addition, His Majesty has recently proposed to add one more person to the cabinet, I wonder what you think, Mr. Zhang?"

"This ......"

Zhang Xuan was thinking again.

Whether I enter the cabinet, you Huang Jin came to ask me for my opinion, did you ask me about this, or did Your Majesty ask you to ask?

"Bachelor Zhang thinks about it, when he enters the cabinet at this time, he is afraid that he will be hostile to the old Yang Pavilion, and we have asked a few people about this, and it seems that no one is willing to give a positive answer." Huang Jindao.

Zhang Xuan was surprised again.

The emperor wanted people to enter the cabinet, and asked Huang Jin to ask many people's opinions?

Who are they?

Could it be that in addition to him Zhang Xuan in the DPRK and the central government, there are other people who are more suitable to enter the cabinet?

Is Gui Calyx in it?

Zhang Xuan thought that if Zhu Hao was driven away, there would be no one to compete with him when he entered the cabinet, but now it seems that the pressure he is facing is still not small.

"Xi Butang recently asked Zhishi, His Majesty's intentions, let him enter the cabinet for two years, Master Zhang, don't think too much." Huang Jinming said.

Don't guess, Your Majesty's next person to enter the cabinet is Xi Shu.

Xi Shu is better than you, right?

He is a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, and he may not have less credit than you in discussing the ceremony.

Of course, when it comes to etiquette, your merits can't be compared with Zhu Jingdao.

"Then please ask Huang Gonggong to tell His Majesty that Huang Gongxian has the conditions to contribute money and efforts, and the rest ...... I can only do my best."