Ministry of Rites.

Xie Qian, on behalf of the cabinet and the Hanlin Academy, came to the Ministry of Rites to discuss the matter of sending people to coordinate the revision of the "Daming Huidian", saying that it was a collaboration, but in fact, it was also secretly weakening Zhang Zhou's leading power and discourse power in the process of refinement.

In this way, Xie Fang is not here to discuss, but almost to point people to use.

The cabinet belongs to Fu Han, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites.

Fu Han is the same as Lin Han, who is a member of the academic school, and he can be said to be highly respected in the academic world, Zhang Zhou has Cheng Minzheng and Lin Han to endorse him, and the civil officials can't just let Liang Chu cooperate with them, everything must be reciprocal.

“…… Yu Qiao, the old man didn't understand, since he wanted to prevent Zhang Bingkuan, why did he have to let him coordinate the revision? Xu Qiong didn't make any sound after the court meeting ended.

It was Xu Qiong who felt that the people in the cabinet faction might not take him seriously.

But now that Xie Qian is here, he will also ask directly.

You can't let our Ministry of Rites cooperate with you, and even the reason is still holding the pipa and half-covering your face, playing the cover-up set, right?

Xie Qian sighed: "Xu Butang, don't ask about some things, don't you know?" This book was submitted by Zhang Bingkuan alone...... As for whether Keqin and others are helping him behind his back, he can't do it for sure! ”

"Alone?"

Xu Qiong also felt that this matter was a bit bizarre and nonsense.

"Ahem!"

Or Xu Qiong was so shocked by this incident that she actually coughed.

"Xu Butang, pay attention to your body." Xie Qian got up and comforted.

Although Xu Qiong is not a traditional civilian-official faction, Xu Qiong is old after all, he is already seventy-five years old, and Xie Qian is only fifty years old.

In small matters, there is still a lot of disharmony within the civil service, but when there are some major things that need to be consistent with the outside world, Xu Qiong is not ambiguous.

Xu Qiong asked: "So, now you want to hold Zhang Bingkuan hostage?" Or is it Cheng Keqin? ”

Xu Qiong also didn't believe that Zhang Zhou alone could make up the "Daming Huidian", which can only be explained because Cheng Minzheng had been oppressed too much before, and under grief and indignation, in the past two months, Cheng Minzheng had been in retreat at home to repair the book, and after writing it, he pretended to use Zhang Zhou's hand to present the book.

Even Xie Qian's words just now seemed to be hinting at this.

Xie Qian shook his head: "It's all said that it can't be done accurately, who knows the reason behind it?" Now that the book has been sent to Hanyuan, Zhang Bingkuan asked Keqin and Hengda to enter Hanyuan with him to participate in the correction, so what else can be done? Why don't you go with us when you get older? ”

"Don't!"

Xu Qiong will not wade into this troubled water.

Originally, I thought it was a "foreign" unanimous treatment of Zhang Zhou, but now that I think about it, it turns out that this is a civil infighting, on one side is Zhang Zhou, Cheng Minzheng and Lin Han, who represent the emperor, and on the other hand, there are traditional civil servants headed by Liu Jian.

Then I, Xu Qiong, am not from the traditional Wenchen side, what else am I going to join in?

Choose a team at a critical time, maybe I still want to stand on Zhang Zhou's side.

His Majesty also sent a message to the celebrant that on the day the book was completed, he would be transferred to Nanjing to take charge of the affairs of the Nanhan Forestry Academy...... Alas! Speaking of which, Keqin was indeed unjust before, so it can be regarded as giving him a chance to return to the court. ”

Xie Qian almost molded himself into a "saint".

Look at how generous and benevolent our traditional civil officials are, are we going to help Zhang Zhou? Wrong! We're helping the lost lambs get back on track!

Xu Qiong asked: "Then after the fact, Zhang Bingkuan's side ......?"

Xu Qiong doesn't care about Cheng Minzheng, Cheng Minzheng was originally a bachelor of Hanlin, he didn't die, he only fell into the crime of "not avoiding suspicion", and he didn't know when he would come back in the future.

He wanted to know more about how the emperor was going to talk about Zhang Zhou's merits.

Xie Qian didn't want to say it, but in order to reflect the unity of civil and official concepts, he sighed lightly: "Your Majesty wants to promote him to a bachelor in the Hanlin Academy." ”

"Huh."

Xu Qiong's heart was originally quite inclined to Zhang Zhou's side, but she was a little annoyed when she heard the words, "It's really better to keep him in the Governor's Mansion with military merits." ”

Why did Zhang Zhou just enter the dynasty less than half a year ago, and he was able to revise from the History Museum of the Hanlin Academy to the point of being promoted to a bachelor's degree? They are all ministers from the Hanlin Academy, why is there such a big difference in treatment?

Xie Qian said with emotion: "Who said no, I think that at the beginning, I was promoted in the Hanlin Academy, and it took me fifteen years to get promoted to a bachelor." And he ...... Alas! ”

Xie Qian is also from a champion background, and he has been working in the Hanlin system.

When he said this, he heard that Xu Qiong was jealous and resentful of Zhang Zhou's rapid promotion, and wanted to use this as a breakthrough to find more resonance with Xu Qiong, so as to form an alliance to balance Zhang Zhou.

Xu Qiong sighed: "The old man is old and old, and there are not many days left in the court, and you will work with him more in the future!" As for the revision of the "Canon", the Ministry of Rites will fully cooperate, but the old man himself will not participate in the period. ”

Jealousy and hatred are jealousy and hatred, and Xu Qiong will not be so stupid that she doesn't know how to stand in line.

What's so good about standing with your traditional civil servants?

I was promoted to a secretary of the Ministry of Rites, you still have a bunch of opinions, and now the Qing Yi of the scholars outside still says that I am on nepotism, I believe you Yu Qiao's mouth, it is better to believe a ghost.

Let me be the vanguard? There are no doors!

Xie Qian said with a smile: "Xu Butang still take care of his body, how can we say that we must not only think about ourselves, but also be considerate of the younger generations of the DPRK, and don't work too hard." ”

probably wanted to remind Xu Qiong.

Don't just think about your own interests, think about your protégé or something, you probably don't plan to stay in the court for a few more years, don't think about your comrades, do they want to do a good job in the court in the future?

Your son, grandson, or nephew of the same clan has no desire to be an official and wants to be protected by the court? The officials and businessmen behind you don't plan to find a way?

Don't look down on the three of us in the cabinet too much, our daily work is not just to fight with the emperor and Zhang Bingkuan, but more to govern the country, or to ...... Governing people, even if Zhang Bingkuan can fix a book now, can it be his turn to make decisions on so many major and minor affairs in the DPRK?

"Hmm." Xu Qiong can also be regarded as acquaintances.

You Xie Yuqiao have mentioned the issue of "juniors", that is, it is time to be more consistent in their positions.

"In the Ministry of Rites, Yu Qiao, you see who you can transfer, you just have to speak, as for this matter, the old man should also keep it a secret and will not publicize it to the public! Yu Qiao, if the court really rises in the future, you must also prepare early, the old man is afraid that he will not be able to wait for that day! ”

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……

"Xu Shiyong is an old fox."

When Xie Qian returned to the cabinet duty room and told him the details of seeing Xu Qiong, Li Dongyang couldn't help but comment.

Liu Jian shook his head and said: "He wants to stay out of the matter, but it is understandable, recently he has been resigning one after another, and it is not a gesture, there was a doctor who went to treat him before, and his body was ...... I really can't bear it. ”

Xie Qian said with a smile: "It would be better for Xu Shiyong to give up the position of the Ministry of Rites earlier. ”

Suppressing Zhang Zhou is one thing.

After all, Zhang Zhou is barely a middle-level civil official, and only on some things, the emperor will listen to Zhang Zhou's opinion.

When it comes to the operation of the court, Xu Qiong's influence will be greater.

For the traditional Wenchen, they prefer to get Xu Qiong down and leave some empty positions for the people they admire...... They don't think of it as a henchman, but just that it follows some kind of "rule", a rule for the civilian government itself.

Li Dongyang said: "In the past two years, the position of the six Shangshu of the DPRK and the Central Committee has been very stable, and there has been no change for many years, maybe the next round will start from the Ministry of Rites." But I don't know what His Majesty thinks about the cabinet. ”

Li Dongyang still has a sense of crisis.

From the ninth year of Hongzhi, Tu Tu Dynasty Geng Yu was the official department of Shangshu, Zhou Jing Dynasty Ye Qi was the household department of Shangshu, Xu Qiong Dai Ni Yue was the Ministry of Rites Shangshu, Xu Guan Dai Liu Zhang was the Ministry of Works, and Min Qi Dynasty Tu Tu was the Zuodu Imperial History, the six Shangshu of the Ming Dynasty and the Zuodu Imperial History have not changed in the slightest for three years.

Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was in office in the second year of Hongzhi, and Bai Ang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was in office in the sixth year of Hongzhi and had been in office for a longer time.

On the contrary, Xu Pu, the former first assistant of the cabinet, became the official in the eleventh year of Hongzhi, which became the biggest personnel change in the DPRK.

In Li Dongyang's meaning, the emperor either does not move, or he may move a big one, and many people may be replaced at one time.

In the past, they didn't think that there would be some characters who affected the order of the court, even if there were personnel changes, everything would be within the controllable range of traditional civil officials, but with the rise of Zhang Zhou in the past two years, the emperor's reliance on civil officials has changed a lot.

Xie Qian said: "There is a sentence, I think Xu Shiyong is right, or before, it is really better to let Zhang Bingkuan get a marquis, transfer to the Governor's Mansion, and from now on, out of sight." ”

In the past, if Xie Qian said such things, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang might refute it, but now they don't say anything.

Before, in order to facilitate the control of Zhang Zhou, Zhang Zhou was left in the Hanlin Academy, and I felt that Zhang Zhou could be pressed at least in the position of "Hanlin Attendant" for four or five years, and after the prince became an adult, Zhang Zhou could usher in the next promotion, but he was afraid that there would be an accident...... Now Zhang Zhou is directly going to be promoted to Hanlin to study for a bachelor's degree.

Is it possible to enter the cabinet next?

"Binzhi, what do you think?" Liu Jian asked.

Li Dongyang shook his head: "I think that Zhang Bingkuan is in the Governor's Mansion or Hanlin, whether he is civil or military, or which public party he is in, it doesn't make much difference, and His Majesty's reliance on him may deepen." Now I am afraid that others will see this tendency, and lean and move closer to him, which will have a greater impact on the court. ”

"Hmm." Liu Jian nodded in agreement.

No matter where Zhang Zhou is, the emperor will trust him, and he will not change whether he should ask Zhang Zhou for advice.

But the question is who will be around Zhang Zhou.

If there are only Wang Yue, Zhu Feng, and Xiao Jing, the traditional civil officials don't have to care at all, and they can't control the order of the court.

But if Zhang Zhou starts to have more Cheng Minzheng, Lin Han, and even Xu Qiong, Wang Wei and others around him, then Zhang Zhou's influence in the dynasty will expand instantly, and it is not necessarily necessary for these people to "take refuge" in Zhang Zhou, and it can even be said that there is only a connection between them and nothing, which is equivalent to a potential political ally, and it is enough for traditional civil officials to drink a pot.

What did the traditional civil servants rely on to get to where they are today?

It mainly depends on the trust of the emperor, and then it is their indispensable force in governing the country, that is, their connections.

Zhang Zhouguang had trust before, but there was no one around, no matter how awesome Zhang Zhou was, it was impossible for the emperor to replace the entire court with Zhang Zhou.

But if Zhang Zhou has a group of capable people around him, this group of people can even vaguely replace Liu Jian and them, and even if Liu Jian and others are still in their positions at that time, their influence in the court will be greatly reduced.

A new force will rise, and many traditional civil servants will also change jobs......

At that time, who will be the "orthodox civil official" will be another matter.

Xie Qian asked with a smile: "Then you said that let Keqin go to Nanjing, did Bingkuan mention it himself, or did His Majesty mention it?" ”

"Huh?"

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang also pondered this issue.

What seems to be a trivial matter, Cheng Minzheng returned to the dynasty and went to Nanjing to be a bachelor...... But the transfer of Cheng Minzheng to Nanjing, whether it was from the emperor or Zhang Zhou's proposal, is a very key "clue".

Li Dongyang frowned and said: "Yu Qiao, what you said is very true, if this matter is really Zhang Bingkuan's initiative, then he took the initiative to show goodwill with me, indicating that he has no intention of forming a party." If it is proposed by His Majesty, it is for His Majesty to restrict Zhang Bingkuan's tendency to form a party...... It is still beneficial and harmless to oppose us. ”

"Hmm." Liu Jian nodded.

this analysis.

If Zhang Zhou wants to play a big game, he will become his own faction in the DPRK and China, and pull the troubled Cheng Minzheng into his own gang, which is simply like a tiger with wings.

There are too many people in the DPRK who sympathize with Cheng Minzheng, and the influence that Cheng Minzheng can bring to Zhang Zhou is not comparable to that of Lin Han.

But Cheng Minzheng was going to be transferred to Nanjing.

What does this mean?

Zhang Zhou still regarded himself as a traditional civil official, and did not jump out of this category.

Xie Qian smiled again: "Is that possible, he just deliberately lowered his body and waited for the future ......"

Li Dongyang glanced at him and said: "Yu Qiao, it's no wonder that others always say that you don't have a door on your mouth, and it's you who are talking over and over again." At least until now, Zhang Bingkuan is still in the Hanlin Academy, and the advantages of repairing books outweigh the disadvantages, that is enough! As for what the future holds, are you sure? ”

"yes." Xie Qian was still laughing.

Li Dongyang said: "But I still think that if he goes to the Governor's Mansion, maybe we don't have to worry so much." Then...... More straightforward when it comes to it! ”

Regardless of whether Zhang Zhou was more awesome at that time.

But at least the "clear distinction" is clear, Zhang Zhou has become a martial artist, and he has become an antagonist to the civil official.

In the future, you don't have to think about the problem of wooing or rejection, just do it!

It's good now.

Leaving Zhang Zhou in the Hanlin Academy, no matter how good or bad Zhang Zhou is, they need to worry too much about advancing and retreating.

Even Li Dongyang felt that it was more difficult to control Zhang Zhou than to let Zhang Zhou go to the Governor's Mansion!

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Duanjing Temple.

"Mr. Zhang, you're awesome. You built a book yourself, didn't you? How many words? Is there more than four books and five classics? Tell me about it! ”

Zhang Zhou is still lecturing Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao heard that Zhang Zhou was so powerful that he wrote a book by himself...... The main thing was that Liu Jin and others helped brag, and then Zhu Houzhao admired Zhang Zhou to the ground.

Zhang Zhoudao: "The focus is not on the number of words, but on the rules, do you think it's so easy to verify?" ”

"What do you mean?"

Zhu Houzhao found that his head was not enough.

Liu Jin said with a smile: "Master Zhang's approximate meaning is that there must be more words than the Four Books and Five Classics, you think, Master Zhang writes martial arts books, and he can write a lot of them in one night, so can there be fewer words in the books that took a few months to repair?" ”

"Yes, yes, Lao Liu, I didn't expect you to have a brain. Impress the main palace. ”

"Your Highness."

Zhang Zhou frowned beside him, watching the pair of masters and servants blowing each other in business, and their heads were quite big.

This kid hasn't learned anything else, but the perfunctory compliment routines are learned quickly, as if he likes to learn whatever people like, and the people haven't grown up yet, but they have learned the routines and perfunctory routines of adults first.

"Prince, it's time for class! Get out the books! ”

Zhang Zhou didn't want to talk nonsense, he wanted to be a strict teacher, even holding the ring ruler in his hand, ready to teach.

Zhu Houzhao said: "You haven't said anything about repairing the book, how did you write so many words?" And those previous martial arts scripts, where did you hear them? Why haven't I heard anyone talk about it before? Feed...... What are you doing? Don't scare me with this! ”

"I can understand the future, I can use the books of the future now, can't I?"

Zhang Zhou walked up to Zhu Houzhao with the ring ruler, and pointed to the content of the book with the ring ruler, "Give you half an hour to memorize these two pages." I'll go out and check it out. If you can't memorize it......"

"What do you mean? You ran away on your own and let me carry it here? ”

"Humph! Don't carry it, come back and have your suffering! Weigh it yourself! ”

Zhang Zhou just came to give Zhu Houzhao homework, and he would go to see the Empress Dowager Zhou later.

He also found that whenever he entered the palace, he was very busy, as if everyone wanted to let him go, and there was always something to let him do.

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Inside the Qingning Palace.

When Zhang Zhou came, the Empress Dowager Zhou didn't even leave Jiang Lu, everyone retreated, leaving only Zhang Zhou to speak.

"Dream interpretation ......" Empress Dowager Zhou had just started, and suddenly thought that Zhang Zhou was different from ordinary people, and the words changed, "If you give Your Majesty a concubine now, will you be sure of inheritance?" ”

"Twenty percent."

Zhang Zhoudao.

Empress Dowager Zhou sighed: "It's still a little less." Bingkuan, you have to step up, if you can't wait for the day when the mourning family still opens their eyes, your two chances are probably gone. ”

"Huh."

Zhang Zhou smiled.

The old lady almost told him directly, who else would care about this matter except for the mourning family? As soon as the mourning family dies, then you want to help the emperor take a concubine, and there will be no allies! You can only fight alone.

Empress Dowager Zhou said: "You have always said that when will you let the emperor leave the palace and see more of the customs outside, or the red dust?" ”

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "The Empress Dowager forgive me, there is no reason recently, and Your Majesty will not easily go out of the palace gate." If the so-called red dust is sent to the palace...... It's too much of an eyesore. ”

"Then find an opportunity to let the emperor go to Changningbo's Mansion and go to Qingyunhou's Mansion, you just say that there is an auspicious rui over there, let the emperor go over and have a look, can't you?"

Empress Dowager Zhou seemed very anxious and took the initiative to give Zhang Zhou ideas.

Zhang Zhou shook his head: "In such matters, don't deceive Your Majesty, if you act too deliberately, then I'm afraid Your Majesty will be rejected." Everything is still a matter of course. ”

Empress Dowager Zhou Bai Zhang said with a glance: "I'm afraid that you are perfunctory in the end, the two boys of the Zhang family have benefited a lot from you recently, and I heard that they are also very complimented to you, don't forget that you are for the well-being of the Ming Dynasty!" The heirs of the Ming Emperor are scattered, is that for the mourning family alone? ”

"Don't worry, the queen mother, the ministers will step up." Zhang Zhoudao.

(End of chapter)