"You're asking me to take care of the big picture?"

Yang Hongze stared at Shen Yichen with wide eyes, his eyes were full of disbelief, according to the identities of the political enemies of both sides, he was worthy of the words of a righteous man and a gentleman if he could not fall into the well.

can come forward to retain, and it is all based on public righteousness!

As a result, Shen Yichen also managed to entrust him with a heavy responsibility regardless of his previous suspicions, Yang Hongze didn't know what to say for a while, he could only say that he put himself in his shoes and couldn't do Shen Yichen's strength.

"That's right, I think Yang Zhongtang is very suitable."

Shen Yichen nodded, and then added in a relaxed tone: "In addition, don't think it's a good errand, Qingzhang Tianmu will inevitably be blocked by local wealthy families, and will offend many ministers in the court, so that in the end, he will be infamy." ”

"Maybe at a critical moment, the cabinet will let you turn your back on the black pot to calm down the anger and ease the contradictions."

"How about it, do you dare to take this position?"

"Why don't you dare!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Yang Hongze agreed, and his expression regained that sharp spirit.

In addition to messing around, there is no risk in any errand. In other words, in a sense, it has the power to lead the group of officials, which is definitely an authority that ordinary people can not reach.

As the saying goes, the prime minister can hold the boat in his belly, and now Yang Hongze can really feel Shen Yichen's bearing and deserve to dominate the world.

"Okay, then it's decided, and this official will submit to His Majesty to appoint Yang Zhongtang as the plenipotentiary envoy."

After that, Shen Yichen bowed his hand to Yang Hongze and said: "There are still many affairs waiting for me to deal with the Beijing official assignment, so I won't stay here for a long time, see you in Wenyuan Pavilion." ”

Shen Yichen was in a hurry to learn the news of Yang Hongze's confession this time, and he and Yang Hongze were not like-minded people after all, and the two sides had no common language. The friendship between gentlemen is like water, and the matter has been negotiated and you can leave.

However, just when Shen Yichen was about to turn around and leave, Yang Hongze sighed: "Shen Zhongtang, now I finally understand why you can get the service of many people and reach the height of power and opposition." ”

"It's not that you want to be a powerful minister, but what you do and your personality charm have attracted too many people to follow. As the saying goes, a Taoist priest dies for his confidant, and if you and I don't have those political conflicts, maybe I will choose to die for you. ”

Facing Yang Hongze's emotion, Shen Yichen said with a smile: "When you always choose to stand on the side of the people of the world, then it is equivalent to controlling the general trend and gathering followers." ”

"After all, the world has not reached the time when the clouds cover the sun, and there is no shortage of benevolent and righteous people who are worried about the country and the people, including you and me."

Leaving this last sentence, Shen Yichen strode out of the Yang Mansion, leaving only a back of Yang Hongze's deep merit and fame.

One night later, Shen Yichen wanted to present a chapter to the emperor, requesting the appointment of Yang Hongze as an autocratic envoy to coordinate the affairs of clearing the country's fields.

For this sudden change, Emperor Zhu Jianqing of Ming Liang did not understand what was happening, but the fact that Mr. was able to present this letter meant that he had reached a reconciliation with Yang Qing's family, and the dispute in the court could be over.

Even if Zhu Jianqing is just a little emperor, he already has the consciousness of "stability first", and immediately agreed to Shen Yichen's request. Soon this piece of music was transferred to the celebrant eunuch, and Cao Jixiang came to approve the red seal, but this time inside the celebrant yamen, there were many high-level civil officials standing.

Among them, the most heavyweight is naturally the two imperial envoys of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Wang Wen, the imperial historian of the left capital, and Yang Shan, the imperial historian of the right capital, may not have expected that one day the two of them would rely on the power of the eunuchs. But at this moment, the two of them faced Shen Yichen's recital, and in a sense, a ray of happiness appeared in their hearts, it is true that the group of corrupt people in the civil official group is too unbeatable, and if they continue to follow He Wenyuan, they will definitely be defeated!

"Hehe, it turns out that this is the style of the literati, Yang Hongze looks iron-clad on weekdays, but when he saw that the situation was not good, he turned his head and took refuge in Shen Yichen.

The civil official group and Shen Yichen are fighting in two ways, and it is not up to Cao Jixiang who loses or wins, he may see that the group of literati who claim to be upright and gentlemen are deflated, and he still has a kind of dark coolness in his heart.

After all, Cao Jixiang distorted the psychological essence, due to the humiliation and discrimination suffered by physical disability, compared to Shen Yichen, who also called "inner minister" politely, He Wenyuan and Yang Hongze, traditional literati, simply wrote their disdain for the eunuch on their faces.

Looking at it now, Yang Hongze kneels faster than anyone else, and a hypocrite is not as good as himself, a real villain.

In the face of Cao Jixiang's wanton ridicule, Wang Wen and Yang Shan looked as usual, without a trace of empathy. The reason is that when Wang Zhen was in power, there were countless courtiers who called Weng's father, even Xun Qi was no exception, what is Yang Hongze a wall grass?

After a sarcastic sentence, Cao Jixiang began to get down to business: "The five ministers of Wenyuan Pavilion, now that Gao Gu has passed away, Yang Hongze is dispatched, and there are only three left. Among them, Shang Zhen is Shen Yichen's hardcore henchman, and Wang Yining's qualifications and prestige are not enough, so he can only be an old man of Paper Lake Pavilion. ”

"Regardless of whether Yang Hongze's status as a cabinet minister is retained, at least Gao Qi's position has been vacant for a long time, and it's time to find someone to fill it."

Cao Jixiang called Wang Wen and Yang Shan over today precisely to seek the position of cabinet minister. You must know that with the title of heir Cao Qin and the nephew Cao Xuan as the governor of the five armies, the largest five military camps in the Beijing camp and the four guards in the palace have been fully controlled by Cao Jixiang.

In other words, if you don't count the difference between the border army and the combat effectiveness, just in terms of the number of soldiers and horses in the Beijing Division, Cao Jixiang has surpassed the original Zhongguo Gong Shi Heng!

However, the huge flaws brought about by Cao Jixiang's eunuch status made him unable to gain a foothold in the civil territory of the outer dynasty even if he controlled the inner dynasty and the Beijing camp. Wang Wen and Yang Shan, don't look at them as second-class officials, in fact, they have been excluded from the decision-making power at the cabinet level.

Now that the cabinet is under the control of Shen Yichen, it has formed an override and control over the six ministries, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that the cabinet ministers have a bright future. It is not enough to win over a few civilian officials to be party henchmen, Cao Jixiang needs to have a certain right to speak and even make decisions in foreign courts.

Then Gao Gu vacated this cabinet minister's seat, we must find a way to win!

As soon as they heard Cao Jixiang referring to the cabinet ministers, Wang Wen and Yang Shan's eyes flashed with a strange light. They are willing to submit to the eunuchs, not precisely to seek power, and to serve as ministers means to enter the real center of power.

"What the Minister said is very true, we must strive for the vacancy of the cabinet minister, otherwise the cabinet will become a hall of Shen Yichen's words."

Yang Shan immediately echoed, and his tone was vaguely filled with a kind of expectation.

If Wang Wen is greedy for power and is a hypocrite, Yang Shan belongs to an out-and-out real villain, and his reputation in the court is worse than that of Xu Youzhen at the beginning.

At that time, Emperor Yongle was difficult to succeed, and afterwards attacked Fang Xiaoru and his party, who led the reduction of the domain. Yang Shan happened to be in prison at that time, and it happened that next door was Fang Xiaoru's student Shu Ji Shi Zhangpu, so Yang Shan deceived the other party's trust, and the two became friends who talked about everything.

Behind the scenes, Yang Shan reported to the prison, and with the credit of finding out the chaos of the party, he not only made meritorious service for the crime, but also was able to increase the official position. But this method is too despicable, and the reputation has been stinky in the court since then, so you can only seize various opportunities to get ahead!

Facing Yang Shan's expectant gaze, Cao Jixiang was naturally clear about the little meaning in the other party's heart, but the candidate he chose this time was not Yang Shan, who had taken refuge in him earlier, but another imperial envoy, Wang Wen.

The reason is that Yang Shan's reputation is too bad, and if he is cited in the cabinet, he will be unanimously opposed by the government and the opposition. Now Cao Jixiang's power has not reached the height of Wang Zhen at the beginning, let alone made the emperor respond to his needs, and the success rate will definitely not be too high.

On the other hand, Cao Jixiang wanted to set up a model with Wang Wen and tell the civil officials of the court that as long as they took refuge in themselves, they could immediately soar. In addition to these two, there is actually another hidden factor, that is, the recommendation of Wang Cheng, the palm seal of the Imperial Horse Supervisor.

Historically, Wang Yining's entry into the cabinet was invoked by the eunuch Wang Cheng, thus creating a precedent for the Ming Dynasty's eunuchs to enter the cabinet. In fact, in history, the second minister who was introduced into the cabinet by the eunuch was the imperial envoy Wang Wen, and the introducer was the eunuch Wang Cheng!

The two of them had an old acquaintance as early as the Wang Zhen period, and originally with Emperor Jingtai ascending to the supreme position of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, Wang Cheng, the eunuch of the Qiandi Palace, only had to wait for the master of ceremonies to return to his hometown, and he could ascend to the sky in one step.

As a result, who would have thought that Zhu Qiyu had a short life, and after several changes in the court, Cao Jixiang caught the dragon and laughed to the end.

But after all, Wang Cheng was the most powerful eunuch in the Jingtai Dynasty, and he saw the situation clearly and took the initiative to take refuge in Cao Jixiang, so he still had to give the three points of thin noodles recommended to the imperial envoy Wang Wen, not to mention that the two had the same ideas.

Therefore, Cao Jixiang didn't care about Yang Shan's expectations at all, and looked directly at Wang Wen and said: "Wang Duxian can be regarded as an old minister who has gone through several dynasties, and the position of imperial envoy has been wasted for many years, so it is time to go further." ”

"Otherwise, our family will invoke Wang Duxian to His Majesty and see if we can preempt a position in the cabinet?"

Wang Wen told the truth that he didn't have much expectations in his heart for the title of minister, and according to common sense, Cao Jixiang should be more inclined to the "old man" Yang Shan. As a result, I never expected that the other party directly wanted to quote himself, which was undoubtedly a surprise from heaven.

After being stunned for a moment, Wang Wen immediately bowed to Cao Jixiang and responded in an excited tone: "The love of the prime minister really makes the lower officials panic, for the sake of His Majesty's Jiangshan Sheji not to let Shen Yichen be in charge alone, I am willing to go to the cabinet to serve!" ”

Wang Wenzhen is worthy of being an old fritter in the officialdom, and the sentence "lower official" claims to clearly state his position, and at the same time, he can also introduce eunuch aid into the cabinet to say that the righteousness is awe-inspiring.

It's just that Yang Shan, who was standing on the side, heard these words, and his heart was filled with a sense of jealousy and resentment, he was the one who took refuge in Cao Jixiang first, but he was overtaken by Wang Wen for the latecomer, which was absolutely unbearable.

Since Cao Jixiang did the first year of junior high school, don't blame yourself for being fifteen when the time comes!

"Wang Duxian is polite, and there are many obstacles to entering the cabinet, we hope that you can continue to maintain friendship with He Shangshu and get the help of the civil official group."

"As for how to do it, it's up to you."

A meaningful smile appeared on Cao Jixiang's face, and he invoked Wang Wen into the cabinet, not to let the other party completely break away from the civilian clique. On the contrary, he expects Wang Wen to stay in the civilian camp and act as his eyeliner and internal response.

Of course, how to make He Wenyuan and a group of civil officials and ministers believe that Wang Wenyuan is in Cao Ying's heart and Han, it depends on his own ability.

Soon, without saying thoroughly, Wang Wen immediately understood Cao Jixiang's intentions, nodded and agreed: "Xia Guan understands that this matter will definitely satisfy the internal minister." ”

"Okay, Wang Duxian is worthy of being an old man."

Cao Jixiang praised Wang Wen, and turned his gaze to Yang Shandao on the side: "Yang Duxian, the imperial history of the left capital is vacant, and our family will suggest to Your Majesty that you take over." As for the position of cabinet minister, there is no need to rush for a while, Gao Gu has vacated a position, and Yang Hongze or Wang Yining will soon vacate the next one. ”

Yang Shan is a real villain, Cao Jixiang knows very well, his words are to appease the other party.

However, for Yang Shan, who is extremely utilitarian, this kind of painting cake is almost like nonsense. The promotion of the right capital to the left capital is a matter of common sense, and there is no change in the official title and treatment, which is better than nothing.

In addition, Yang Hongze has already taken refuge in Shen Yichen, how can there be such an easy vacant position, as for Wang Yining, it was invoked by Wang Cheng at the beginning, and the latter is currently holding the position of the palm print of the imperial horse supervisor, Cao Jixiang doesn't look at the monk's face to see the Buddha's face, how can he do it to him?

Of course, it is impossible for Yang Shan to show these dissatisfaction and resentment in his heart, on the contrary, he also showed a grateful look and said: "The lower official has thanked the minister for his love, and his kindness is as heavy as a mountain, and he must remember it in his heart!" ”

Cao Jixiang set his eyes on the position of the minister, and Shen Yichen, who was handling government affairs in Wenyuan Pavilion, didn't notice that he had too many things to do now. As Yang Hongze, the initiator of the impeachment incident, admitted defeat and sent abroad, the momentum of the civilian clique instantly slumped, and there were only a few small fish and shrimp who were unwilling to give up, and they couldn't set off any storms for a while.

Shen Yichen and Nianfu have already begun to count the list of officials who have applied for expatriation, and assign them to the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the newly recovered Luchuan and Monan Mongolia.

At the same time, with the implementation of expatriation, the simplification and reform of the tax system was put on the agenda, and Shen Yichen needed to accurately calculate with the household officials, how to convert the previous taxes in kind into silver money, and at the same time ensure the sufficiency of gold, silver, copper and other metal currencies, otherwise there will be a shortage of money, and there will be greater financial chaos.

In fact, the best way is to monetize and replace metal money with paper money. This not only reduces the difficulty of transportation and production, but also stabilizes the market by controlling the amount of distribution.

It's just that the trick of paper money was played by Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's Ming treasure banknotes, and it is extremely difficult to restore the confidence of the people, and Shen Yichen has to find a way to improve the credit of the imperial court.