At the end of a simple inner court meeting, and even Ning Yuan's next military move, no one explained to Liu Jian and others.

After the cabinet three returned to the duty room.

Xie Qiancai finally sighed as if he had opened the conversation: "I can't stop it." ”

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang could understand what he meant.

If it is just a battle of the head pass, Zhang Zhou's merits will not be obvious, after all, there is a famous general Wang Yue above, Zhang Zhou is at most just a helper, and the civil officials are more likely to fight for Wang Yuejin to be the Marquis of Weining or Wei Ningbo after the fact, Zhang Zhou's side is not worried.

But this time was different.

From the beginning, Zhang Zhou planned, and he still used a few "wine bags and rice bags" general ministers, and even more so, Zhang Zhou sacrificed two kinds of big killing weapons one after another.

If one is a coincidence, then twice ...... It's inevitable.

Liu Jian looked at Li Dongyang and said, "Binzhi, can you still restrain him now?" ”

Li Dongyang thought about it for a while, and shook his head helplessly: "With his merits, if he really wants to be promoted to uncle, I am afraid that it will not be easy to stop, Your Majesty trusts him too much." But speaking of which, the lords in the Governor's Mansion are now stammering with him, do they all want him to have a knighthood so early? ”

Very real problem.

The civil officials now think that Zhang Zhou is a "hidden danger", does Wuxun regard Zhang Zhou as a "saint"?

If Zhang Zhou is just a close man and gives advice in front of the emperor, it will not affect the interests of the people in the Governor's Mansion, they can desperately slap Zhang Zhou, but once Zhang Zhou has a title, the group of people in the Governor's Mansion will become Zhang Zhou's "peers", and they all say that their peers are enemies, and then Zhang Zhou may be disliked by both sides of Wenchen and Wuxun.

Let's just say Zhang Mao...... Isn't Zhang Mao worried that after his death, Zhang Zhou will hold all the power of the Beijing camp?

A capable person is always in the other camp, and he is a capable person.

If you go to your side, you become an enemy.

Xie Qian smiled: "Binzhi, what do you mean, do you want to keep him in Hanyuan?" What's in the picture? ”

Xie Qian is more realistic.

Since this new champion is not under our control, why don't we push him into the martial arts camp and let him go to the other side?

Let that group of lords always like to compliment this Zhang Bingkuan, now you ask for benevolence, Zhang Bingkuan sent it to you, just ask you if you are happy, are you happy?

Liu Jian's overall view is obviously stronger than Li Dongyang, he nodded and said: "Zhang Zhou has entered the Governor's Mansion, although he no longer has the rank of a civil servant, don't worry about him messing up the rules of officialdom, and winning the knighthood with meritorious service can be regarded as what he wants." But it does not affect his interference in government affairs in the future, and may even intensify it, and ...... It's not within our limits, and in the long run, it's not what we want. ”

Li Dongyang said, "I am also worried that if he goes to the Governor's Mansion, he will upset the balance between the ministers of the Chinese military forces of the DPRK." ”

"Huh."

Although Xie Qian didn't participate in this discussion, he was laughing.

He understood very well what Li Dongyang and Xie Qian were worried about.

pushed people to the opposite Wuxun camp to harm Wuxun, but he was afraid that Wuxun's side would get Zhang Zhou's "strong reinforcement" and break the so-called balance.

To put it mildly, it is called "balance".

It is simply a matter of emphasizing civility over military force, and the situation of civilian officials overpowering martial arts may be broken.

So here Liu Jian thinks that it is actually good to leave Zhang Zhou on the side of Wenchen, even if Zhang Zhou only hangs the name of Wenchen, it will make the emperor feel that Zhang Zhou has always been a Wenchen, and let the world know that the Ming Dynasty still attaches importance to Wenzhi and does not respect martial arts, and it can even be said that it is ...... In the future, there will be a chance to slowly clean up Zhang Zhou and bring Zhang Zhou into the "right path".

If someone else says this proposal.

Xie Qian will definitely say, are you cheap? Don't you want it, now he is going to be a martial artist, but he wants to pull people back?

"Tomorrow will be up, but I don't know what to say." Li Dongyang has nothing to do about it.

Zhang Zhou is still a civil servant or a martial artist, and now even the cabinet seems to have no way to interfere, as long as the emperor says a word, saying that he wants to add a title to Zhang Zhou, who will oppose it in the court? Can't argue against it!

If they are directly promoted to marquis, there may be a little dispute, but for them, is it a big difference who Zhang Zhou is or what kind of marquis?

When I was worried here, there was a sound of footsteps outside, but it was Dai Yi, Xiao Jing, Chen Kuan and Wei Bin, the four eunuchs who were the celebrants, who came to the cabinet together.

This battle still made the three cabinet members a little confused.

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……

Dai Yi and the four arrived, and the two sides saluted.

As the top "advisory group" of the Ming Dynasty, these seven people can be said to account for more than ninety percent of the usual decision-making of Ming affairs, nominally governed by the emperor, it is better to say that these seven people have supported the Ming Dynasty.

After all, the things discussed in the court are a minority, and most of the things are based on the situation of official document review, and these seven people are responsible for this.

Moreover, even if it is a court meeting, the emperor adopts their opinions in a very high proportion, and everything must be approved by them.

"Three elders, our family will not hide it, our family is on behalf of Your Majesty, bring a few of them over to discuss one matter with you, Your Majesty hopes to consult your opinions first."

After the two sides sat down, it was like a negotiation, and Dai Yi made the opening remarks.

Liu Jian nodded.

He knows that in this matter, the cabinet is actually very passive, just like in the decision-making of internal affairs of the government in ordinary times, because the cabinet only has the power of senatory, but does not have the power to make the final decision, in fact, the power of the four "internal ministers" is greater.

Dai Yi said: "Your Majesty had previously discussed with Mr. Zhang, that is, Zhang Zhuangyuan, about his future direction in the court, and he made a proposal with Your Majesty. ”

Liu Jian and the three of them immediately understood.

The emperor probably only for Zhang Zhou's affairs can organize such a big battle and let the internal and external ministers negotiate?

You Zhang Bingkuan has a big face.

Xie Qian smiled and asked, "What are his plans?" ”

Dai Yi looked at Xiao Jing on the side and said, "Father-in-law Xiao will tell you." ”

Like the emperor, Dai Yi seems to have learned to put on a shelf, and this change actually made Liu Jian and the three a little unbearable.

Don't look at this group of ministers who have the power to make decisions, but they usually don't have many ideas, and most of the time they still have to adopt the votes of the cabinet, because many things can't be handled by these four eunuchs alone, to put it bluntly...... It's just that they can't do it.

So don't look at the power of the celebrant and the eunuch, but you still have to be polite when you meet the cabinet ministers.

But now it seems to be different.

Dai Yi can be so arrogant, is there also the rise of Zhang Zhou, and the emperor is no longer just dependent on the cabinet?

The three cabinet ministers can be said to be the best of the Ming officialdom, and their political acumen is very high.

Xiao Jing said: "This was mentioned by His Majesty in advance, and I want to make Mr. Zhang the marquis, at least on the same level as the Marquis of Anbian." ”

The three members of the cabinet looked at each other.

Sounds reasonable.

Even Zhu Feng, who is a straw bag, can be promoted to Anbian Marquis immediately after the two wars, and Zhang Zhou was promoted to Marquis, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Even if this matter is mentioned in the court, Wenchen comes out to protest, and the final result does not seem to have changed much, and Zhang Zhou will still get the marquis.

Xie Qian interjected with a smile: "What did Bingkuan say?" ”

No longer called "Zhang Jinshi" or anything like that, but directly changed the name to "Bingkuan", as if Wenchen had accepted Zhang Zhou and was very familiar with Zhang Zhou.

Xiao Jing said: "Mr. Zhang said that he didn't want to go to the northwest to lead the troops, and he didn't want to be the governor, he just wanted to stay in the capital, live a few days of peace, enjoy the flowers, go shopping, and go in and out of the palace gate to teach the prince...... That's probably what Mr. Zhang said. ”

Xie Qian smiled when he heard this.

I want to hit someone.

This kid, you're really pretending to be forced, what you mean by this is actually telling the emperor, you don't want to be a marquis, and you want to continue to compete with our civil officials in the capital for the one-acre and three-point land of the court?

Cherry blossom shopping?

When you are a gentleman, you don't have to worry about feeding the whole family alone? What about social responsibility?

Liu Jian took over and said, "So what arrangements is Your Majesty going to make?" ”

Xiao Jing shook his head and said: "Your Majesty did not make a decision, but discussed with Mr. Zhang, even if Mr. Zhang is given the title, he will not let Mr. Zhang leave the Beijing Division, but he can be allowed to temporarily take the position of the Beijing camp and assist the British Duke and others to take care of the Beijing camp." ”

"Very good." Liu Jian nodded.

In his heart, he obviously wanted to tie Zhang Zhou to the Hanlin Academy, but in the face of Xiao Jing's words, he easily did not reveal his intentions.

Because he knew that Xiao Jing's words were not finished yet.

If this is the final result, then what kind of closed-door meeting should the four eunuchs of the celebrant come and hold with their cabinet?

Xiao Jing said: "But Mr. Zhang also mentioned that he does not want to hold a position in the Governor's Mansion at present. ”

Speaking of which.

Liu Jian and the three of them immediately realized Zhang Zhou's "cleverness".

The three of them were vaguely thinking, this kid also knew that although he was favored by the emperor now, if he entered the Governor's Mansion, he would no longer face a group of lords who stammered with him, but a group of jackals who were enemies of him, so he did not give up the position of the Governor's Mansion, but did not want to "take a real job" for the time being, which was equivalent to asking the emperor to reward him with a "Jilu official", and then take a real position when the time was right.

Even if he has received his own credit, he must not offend anyone at present.

Kill two birds with one stone.

"Your Majesty said that no matter what the outcome of the court's agreement on his merits tomorrow is, the position of the governor of the Houjun Governor's Mansion will already be in his name."

The governor of the military capital and the governor of the palace know that this is basically the position of the Marquis of the Ming Dynasty after entering the capital governor's mansion.

The military position, the official from the first grade, is second only to the left and right governors of the five military governors' mansions, and most of the people who usually hang the title of governor are the princes of the Ming Dynasty, and the governor Tongzhi can already act in charge of government affairs.

That is to say, now Zhang Zhouwuxun has been able to ensure that there is a governor from the first rank, but the title is still uncertain, and the civil servant should be resigned...... Because Zhang Zhou's position in the History Museum of the Hanlin Academy is just a civil service from the sixth grade, the difference between the two is too great, and the principle that the Ming Dynasty must give up the low position after receiving a high position, Zhang Zhou should not also receive the title of civil official.

Just like Wang Yue, now he is just the Marquis of Weining, and the positions of Zuo Shilang and Zuo Du Yushi in the military department have been relieved of him.

Li Dongyang heard some of the key factors of the problem, and he asked, "Does that mean that he is just holding the position of the Governor's Mansion and still doing things in the Han Garden?" ”

"Yes." Xiao Jing said, "This is not only what Your Majesty thinks, but also what Mr. Zhang himself wants. ”

Li Dongyang said: "What's the explanation? ”

Xiao Jing said with a smile: "Your Majesty hopes that Mr. Zhang can teach the prince knowledge, if he is given a military position that is really lacking, Mr. Zhang has to be distracted, if he waits for the prince to become an adult in the future, he will give it to him...... It does not violate His Majesty's original intention of using only talents. ”

Talents are used......

This word somewhat broke the hearts of the three cabinet members.

"But everything has to be clarified with the ministers of the DPRK and China." Xiao Jing said, "Since you want to stay in the Hanlin Academy, if you continue to revise it in the History Museum, it will not be in line with its identity, Your Majesty's intention is to be promoted to the Hanlin Chamberlain on the same day, in order to facilitate Mr. Zhang's cooperation with the Ministry of Engineering and the Ministry of War to cast artillery, etc., and also prepare to entrust the Ministry of War Arsenal Cleaner Shi Langzhong, is to serve as a part-time officer, and there is no need to take care of the affairs of the Ministry of Public Affairs." The position of the Governor of the Later Military Metropolitan remained unchanged. ”

After the Ming Dynasty, the military capital governor's mansion mainly governed the military affairs of the guards from Beijing to Shanxi and Xuanfu.

Let Zhang Zhou be in this position, it seems that it is not really lacking, but in fact, the emperor wants to use this to tell the people in the town guards of the Beijing Division that Zhang Bingkuan is my confidant minister, and he is responsible for the military affairs of the capital divisions around the Beijing division and the various guard offices of the Xingdu Division, and he can be dispatched to lead the troops into battle at any time.

Li Dongyang said: "If you take the position of the governor of the military department and the governor of the capital, I am afraid that it will be ...... It doesn't make sense. ”

The civil and military positions are shoulder-to-shoulder, which is equivalent to Zhang Zhou being both a troop commander and a commander, and he is also a referee, so that the Ming Dynasty separates the authority to lead the army and the troop transfer, and its significance is destroyed by Zhang Zhou.

Xiao Jing didn't say anything.

Dai Yi on the side said: "That's why Your Majesty sent our family and others to discuss with the elders of the cabinet to see if this precedent can be made, and Your Majesty also made it clear that except for the position of Hanlin Attendant, which is awarded for real vacancies, the rest of the positions are all accepted and not entered the court, and they are in office and do not care about public affairs, everything is just for the convenience of scheduling." If the three elders think it is inappropriate, perhaps His Majesty can only let Mr. Zhang be promoted to Hou. ”

A or B.

Now the emperor's intention is to let the cabinet of three people choose for the Chinese military minister.

A is to promote Zhang Zhou to the marquis, and give the post of governor of the Houjun Governor's Mansion, and it is likely that he will also give the real power to lead the troops, so that Zhang Zhou "Huohuo" the Governor's Mansion.

B is to let Zhang Zhou continue to be a civil official, and the main position is to serve as a Hanlin attendant, and he may hang an official position such as Chunfang Yude or Zhongyun in the Zhan Shifu to teach the prince, and at the same time give a part-time job in the military arsenal to facilitate the construction of artillery, and at the same time, the military post is hung with the fictitious title of the governor of the military capital and the governor of the palace.

It sounds like B's position is too broad to control.

But in the final analysis, if B is chosen, then Zhang Zhou is still a civil servant, and he is still under the "control" of the three cabinet members, and more importantly, Zhang Zhou's authority will be greatly reduced.

The three members of the cabinet couldn't help but look at each other.

They are well aware.

It seems that it is not easy to choose, and neither side wants to choose, but in fact, there is a second option, which is already "lucky".

According to the general truth, or if the ordinary person gets the credit of Zhang Zhou, he can choose A directly, and there is no trouble of choosing B.

It is precisely because Zhang Zhou is the champion of the new department of the Ming Dynasty that it has only been half a month since he won the examination, and Zhang Zhou still has the heart to be a civil official...... This is very important, and it is also related to Zhang Zhou's excellent ability to be a teacher, which made the emperor feel that Zhang Zhou's teaching was indispensable to the prince's schoolwork, which led to the option B.

"It's a good thing to stay in Hanyuan." Liu Jian didn't have to discuss with Li Dongyang and Xie Qian.

He can directly make decisions on behalf of the three people, or even on behalf of the Chinese courtiers.

Wu Xun will probably also cheer for Liu Jian's wise decision......

Or Liu Ge, you know the righteousness, know that although we respect Zhang Bingkuan, but we don't want him to come to the Governor's Mansion, if he enters the Governor's Mansion and takes the real shortage, in the future, His Majesty will only know that there is Zhang Zhou in the Governor's Mansion but do not know that there is us, and we have formed a direct competition with Zhang Bingkuan.

It's like Wang Weining...... Wang Weining, who is still the secretary of the military department, is the Wang Weining we admire, if he becomes the Marquis of Weining......

It's better to die far away.

Dai Yi said with a smile: "Then Liu Ge always agreed, let Mr. Zhang continue to stay in Hanyuan, and give him the position mentioned earlier?" Or in it, there will be a slight change, mostly a promotion, if it is opposed by the court on the coming day......"

"No!"

Liu Jian also made it clear.

Now that we have agreed, we will do the same tomorrow, and even if someone who does not know each other comes out to oppose it, we can use our position as a cabinet minister to scold him back.

Negotiations.

The most important thing is to do what you say, but please don't mess around, just don't add too hard to these positions.

Dai Yi said: "Having said that, I still have to remind the three elders that if Your Majesty is in the court tomorrow, he proposes to record Mr. Zhang's merits in this battle...... Rest assured, not for the promotion of civil servants, but only for the future to give him a knighthood, and please ask the three elders not to object. ”

Don't look at the choice of B and not the choice of A, but after the end of the war, the rules of bookkeeping are still there.

The emperor's current rhetoric is that the crown prince is still young, and he will wait for the prince to succeed in his studies before entrusting Zhang Zhou with important responsibilities.

But the three members of the cabinet knew that in fact, the emperor himself was reluctant to send Zhang Zhou elsewhere, and always wanted to discuss things with Zhang Zhou, leaving Zhang Zhou as an adviser in the Hanlin Academy, which was more convenient than directly stuffing into the Governor's Mansion to get the real shortage.

This time, Liu Jian hesitated slightly.

Now compromised, so that Zhang Zhou is still a minister, but it can't stop Zhang Zhou from being promoted to the knighthood in the future, Liu Jian can feel that his side is very passive.

Because when the prince succeeds in his studies in the future, it is likely that he, Liu Jian and others have already retired, who dares to guarantee that the cabinet and the ministers of the DPRK and China will still have the ability to limit the rise of Zhang Zhou?

What is even more so of a result......

That is, Zhang Zhou himself was promoted from the Hanlin Academy to a high position, and he climbed to the Hanlin Academy and even entered the cabinet......

Judging from the current emperor's trust in Zhang Zhou, this seems to be a matter of time, and then Zhang Zhou himself will become a civil official, counting on Zhang Zhou to limit himself?

Let him cut himself off?

"Yes!"

Liu Jian finally nodded.

It's a matter of trade-offs.

What Liu Jian wants to think about is whether to promote Zhang Zhou to the rank of marquis now, which will cause too much damage to the court, or whether to give him a bunch of false positions and let him stay in the Hanlin Academy as a waiter.

Dai Yi said with a smile: "Then this matter should be agreed, our family will return to Your Majesty, and we will also inform Mr. Yu Zhang." Tomorrow, when the court is a general of Liaodong and Mr. Zhang, don't forget the results of today's discussion. ”

(End of chapter)