Late the next night, Han Zanzhou, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, entered a mansion from a small door with a basket of gifts.

"What kind of wind actually blew the chief manager to me." Wang Duo greeted him with a big smile, and said left and right:

"Hurry up and serve tea to my father-in-law, I want the best."

Several male and female servants retreated one after another, busy with their work.

Han Zanzhou sat on the chair, and when there was no one around, he took off the red scarf covering the basket, revealing a full gold bar.

Wang Duo's eyes straightened all of a sudden, and he stared at it for a long time before he laughed and shifted his gaze and pretended to be high.

Han Zanzhou naturally noticed it, but he just didn't look at it, and said with a smile: "At present, the imperial court lacks a supplement, I can look at Lord Wang!" ”

"Your Majesty is very important to Lord Wang!"

At this time, a maid came over with two cups of tea, and when she left, Wang Duo picked up a sip and said slowly:

"It's not good for the chief manager to stay in front of His Majesty late at night, and come to this official, I'm afraid it's not so simple, right?"

Wang Duo did not answer openly about asking him to be the first assistant of the cabinet, after all, their Donglin Party supported Prince Chongzhen to the throne in order to let the party leader Qian Qianyi go out of the mountain to govern.

If he did the first assistant for no reason, it would be difficult to convince the public, and it would not be a good thing.

Han Zanzhou screamed and shouted, "Oh, Lord Wang talked like this, but it broke the heart of our family. ”

"Our family is serving in front of the Son of Heaven, and it is also close to the water, and we will all depend on you in the future!"

Wang Duo was stunned for a moment, then took another sip of tea, and his heart became lively.

What the dead eunuch said was true, doing things by the emperor's side must have some gossip, although he didn't mention a word, but Wang Duo understood it.

Could it be that the current emperor really intends to promote himself to the first assistant?

That's the first assistant of the cabinet, as long as you go up, whether you stay for half a day or half a year, you have to add a sum to history.

This kind of reputation is not only what Qian Qianyi wants.

Taking a step back, even if the Qing soldiers came to Nanjing and saw that the situation was not good, could the rank given by ordinary courtiers and cabinet chiefs be the same in the Qing Dynasty?

With the title of the first assistant of the cabinet, the little emperor of Shunzhi also has to reuse himself.

But in this way, he, the great sage of Donglin, will not be tolerated by his own comrades, Qian Qianyi, that old thing, I am afraid that he will not easily give up the opportunity to be the first assistant.

Wang Duo thought about it in his heart, Han Zanzhou didn't say anything, stood up and said with a smile: "That's all for today, in our palace, oh no, there is still something in the temple, so don't bother?" ”

Han Zanzhou's cold joke did not make Wang Duo's face soften a little, he was a little distracted, and said casually:

"Come on, send my father-in-law out."

......

Early in the morning, Wang Duo came to the cabinet signing room in the imperial city of Nanjing.

Although the emperor does not live in the palace, the yamen of the six ministries and courtyards still have to work in the imperial city, not to mention that there is a major event today, which must be decided by him, the cabinet assistant.

"Elder Ge is here!"

As soon as he entered the door, Wang Duo was cordially greeted by many Donglin colleagues in the cabinet, but he did not have the joy he had in the past.

Receive money from others and eliminate disasters for others.

There was no disaster this time, but I had to do things for others.

But this money is only a good start, once this matter is done, it will be heaven and earth in the future.

Do you want to be this first assistant?

In today's cabinet, after Ma Shiying's death, Ruan Dacheng was also ambushed, and the so-called eunuchs were all eliminated by Donglin.

Zhu Cihong became the emperor, turned a blind eye to Donglin's actions, and only secretly led them to eat dogs with traitors.

In a round of liquidation, the cabinet has not had time to add cabinet ministers, so there are only a few people left in the signing room.

Later, Gao Hongtu died at the hands of Zhao Zhilong, and except for the second assistant Wang Duo and Shi Kefa, the secretary of the military department and the scholar of Wuyingdian University, who was in charge of the foreign division, there were actually only two cabinet ministers left.

One of them, Jiang Riguang, a scholar of the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of Dongkaku University.

Second, Cai Yichen, a scholar of the Ministry of Industry and a scholar of Wenyuange University.

Both of them are members of the Donglin Party, but the difference is that Jiang Riguang fled from the city after the city of Nanjing was broken in history, and fought hard against the Qing Dynasty until he was martyred.

Although his ability is limited, and like Shi Kefa, he is selfish and misleading, but his loyalty is not a second minister, which is still meritorious.

Cai Yichen is the opposite, he is also a famous sage in Donglin in Jiangnan today, like Wang Duo, and he is also an important minister of the country with six books and cabinet auxiliaries.

This great sage's choice is the same as Wang Duo, he led hundreds of officials to clear up when Nanjing City was broken.

"Ge Lao, you're here." Cai Yichen stepped forward to welcome Wang Duo in, sat down with him, and said with an anxious face:

"Your Majesty issued an edict early this morning, saying that the cabinet should immediately vote to remove Shi Kefa's military secretary."

"You are the second assistant of the cabinet, and there is no first assistant yet, you say, do you want to give this vote?"

"Oh, who's going to come up?" Wang Duo sat down in his seat and breathed a sigh of relief, looking at his expression not surprising.

Cai Yichen said: "I want to change the left attendant of the military department, Zhu Dadian, to be the secretary of the military department, and demote Shi Kefa to the governor of Zhejiang, and still be in charge of the soldiers and horses of various towns in Jiangbei." ”

"Zhu Dadian... It's not impossible for this person to be..."Wang Duo's eyes lit up.

I thought that Han Zanzhou came to give himself such a big gift last night to arrange for someone with a bad reputation like the eunuch to come up.

But he didn't think that after spending so much money, Shi Kefa, who was from Donglin, was withdrawn, but Zhu Dadian from Donglin was replaced.

But that's easy.

Donglin for Donglin, there must not be much pressure on the side of the six departments, give a vote by yourself, and the emperor's face is also taken care of.

Kill two birds with one stone, why not?

As for whether this Shoufu will give it to him, anyway, the money has already been obtained and the matter has already been done, so let it be fate.

Thinking of this, Wang Duo's mind suddenly stopped wandering.

He thought of something again and asked, "What does Your Majesty mean, Shi Kefa doesn't even leave the title of a military secretary?" ”

"In the name of a governor of Zhejiang, can he supervise Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing?"

"We've been talking about this before." Cai Yichen shook his head again and again, and said with a smile: "I don't know what this emperor is thinking, and suddenly he doesn't trust Shi Kefa." ”

"But let's see that Zhu Dadian may be stronger than Shi Kefa."

Wang Duo raised his eyebrows and said quietly: "What do you say?" ”

Cai Yichen said: "You still don't know? Although this Shi Kefa is from Donglin, he doesn't regard himself as a Donglin person at all. ”

"Last year, he didn't impeach any of our people."

"As for this Zhu Dadian, he is also from Donglin, but he is a relatively virtuous person. The chief examiner of the imperial examination in the forty-fourth year of Wanli was from Jinling Academy, and many students of the academy got meritorious fame that year, but he took the exam himself. ”

"In other words, although this Zhu Dadian is from Donglin, he is not our person?" Wang Duo asked lightly.

Cai Yichen nodded.

"But it's better than Shi Kefa, Zhu Dadian at least doesn't oppose us, Shi Kefa is a person who often compares himself to Wei Zheng."

"When you see injustice, you must always advise and impeach, show yourself high-spirited, remove him, and the six departments are easy to say."

Between the words, Cai Yichen can be said to be quite disdainful of today's Shi Gebu.

Wang Duo bowed his head, there is no problem with the cabinet, and there is no problem with the six ministries, then this holy decree can be issued, so he said:

"Since you all think so, it is not easy for this official to refute your face, and the content of the edict should be drafted according to the vote."

"After all, my Wang Duoke still has that self-knowledge, which is not as good as Wei Zheng in the Tang Dynasty, and he just wants to be his own home."