The cabinet is no longer the lineup of the iron triangle, and after the addition of Cheng Minzheng, the pattern of the cabinet tends to be a trinity.

Don't look at Cheng Minzheng's lack of status in the cabinet, he is the last in the ranking, but the problem is that he is Zhang Zhou's person, or in the eyes of the emperor, this person has different potential from the traditional three cabinet ministers, and then Cheng Minzheng will become a pivotal figure in the cabinet without getting any real power.

Because the emperor planned to let Cheng Minzheng work part-time as a minister.

After the meeting between Zhang Zhou and Zhu Youji, people from Dongchang would send the official documents that the emperor wanted to dispose of to Zhang Zhou back to Zhang Zhou's mansion...... What is the rule that official business cannot be brought out of the public office, to the emperor is basically "the rule is that the dead are alive", and the emperor does not mind that Zhang Zhou will handle the affairs of the court and China for him after returning home.

And Zhang Zhou went to the Wenhua Hall to wait first, not to see Zhu Houzhao, but to wait for Cheng Minzheng's arrival in the side hall.

"Cai Guogong."

Cheng Minzheng was still busy with official business in the cabinet, and he was very surprised to learn that Zhang Zhou came out of the Gongyuan, because according to the previous practice, Zhang Zhou would not be able to come out in two days, and this time Zhang Zhou came out early.

After all, the Shuntianfu Township Test has not yet been released.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "Cheng Ge, please take a seat." ”

"Don't dare to be."

Cheng Minzheng used to be very stylish in front of people, and he would not lose face in front of Zhang Zhou, but somehow, now that he saw Zhang Zhou, he always felt that he was a dwarf, and he couldn't help but take out the strength of respect.

I can't stop it.

"Master Cheng is now in the cabinet, he is His Majesty's minister, I still have to listen to your teachings, why don't I dare to be it?" Zhang Zhou smiled.

Anyway, there is no gap with Cheng Minzheng, and if you have something to say, you can say it directly.

Zhang Zhou also knows very well that this is a person who changed his "fate" by appearing by himself, he really saved a life, Cheng Minzheng was not grateful to him for being sorry for his previous toss.

Cheng Minzheng sighed: "Cai Guogong is humble, and if you are an ordinary person, you must have thought that you were just because of the invitation to pet, etc., to gain the trust of His Majesty." But the old man knows that Cai Guogong is a person with real talent and learning, and he is a model of a scholar in the world. ”

"Elder Cheng Ge, I don't dare to take what you say." Zhang Zhoudao.

"Cai Guogong doesn't have to be humble, just say that the old man has been in the Hanlin Academy for so long, especially when he came back this time, he discovered Cai Guogong's talent in the revision of books...... That's really it...... Like no other in the world. As far as I know, Cai Guogong has never seen many classics, and those unique books have never been in your hands, and you can actually sort them out as they are, you are really ......"

Cheng Minzheng's respect for Zhang Zhou is not blind flattery.

With Cheng Minzheng's mentality, he really wants to convince Zhang Zhou, but Zhang Zhou must also have something to convince him in order to make him happy and convinced.

And what Cheng Minzheng cares about is not Zhang Zhou's calculation of God's will or anything, it has nothing to do with Cheng Minzheng.

What Cheng Minzheng cares about is Zhang Zhou's ability to revise classics, which is a "grand scene" that Cheng Minzheng has not seen in the Hanlin Academy for decades...... Everything is correct, Cheng Minzheng can't think of this, how Zhang Zhou did it.

That can only be understood as...... Zhang Zhou has a kind of "talent" that the world does not have.

Zhang Zhoudao: "What a lonely book, I've seen it before, besides, it's just a book repair." Cheng Gelao's attainments in this area should not be below me. ”

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be."

Then the old and the young were polite to each other.

……

……

The two of them were in the Wenhua Hall and gossiped for a long time.

Later, Zhang Zhou also expressed his intention.

"Elder Cheng Ge, that's the case, Your Majesty is ready to let you enter the listening office at the same time, and in the cabinet, Yi Ling is the only person on duty at the listening office, and now the affairs in the northwest are still not peaceful, and after nightfall, someone will have to stay in the two places, and you will have to worry a lot."

Zhang Zhou just came to inform, but in fact, he came to give Cheng Minzheng some "guidance".

After all, the Upper Listening Office was set up at the suggestion of Zhang Zhou, and Zhu Youzhi has always regarded Zhang Zhou as the chief minister of the Upper Listening Office, which is equivalent to saying that Cheng Minzheng's appointment in the Upper Listening Office in the future will be subject to Zhang Zhou's orders.

Even if you are in the cabinet, you can live under Zhang Zhou.

Cheng Minzheng said: "Listen to the office...... I don't know what errands you usually have? ”

Without Zhang Zhou's guidance, Cheng Minzheng asked for advice on his own.

He hasn't fully understood the errand of the cabinet, and the Cabinet Iron Triangle doesn't give him power, and now he can concurrently serve as the minister of the Upper Hearing Department, and for him, the psychological burden is not so heavy.

If he continues to be left idle in the cabinet, he will feel that he has no meaning in the DPRK, and he will think about leaving early, and he will also find an opportunity to resign.

If you change others, you will definitely be reluctant to give up on your official position, but he Cheng Minzheng is not an ordinary person, he has repeatedly said in his life that he will let go of his official position, and Cheng Minzheng is not so obsessed with being an official.

Zhang Zhoudao: "In fact, the errand of the listening office is to sort out the border affairs in the northwest and report them. If there is an urgent document, it must be dealt with as soon as possible...... You can think of the frontier government in the northwest as a small imperial court, divided into six affairs. ”

"Six?"

Cheng Minzheng pondered for a moment.

You Cai Guogong, the way you speak is quite novel.

"The appointment and dismissal of officials is a matter for the ministry. The allocation of money and grain from the household department, as well as the construction of the Ministry of Industry. These three items are most evident in the northwestern border politics. Needless to say, the affairs of the military department are ...... That's a normal march...... Generally, there is no need to ask the court for instructions, and it is more to report to the court after the accident...... And the matter of military affairs precisely involves the transparency of military and political affairs in the northwest, which is what the monarch and ministers are most concerned about...... But the influence of the imperial court itself on it is not great. ”

Zhang Zhou's explanation also explained the affairs of the Northwest Frontier as the affairs of the six ministries of the DPRK and the Central Committee.

Cheng Minzheng naturally understood, he said: "Thinking about old decay, it is natural that the affairs of the household department are the most important, right?" ”

"Hmm."

Zhang Zhou nodded and said, "Your Majesty will replace Qin Lao's system with Wang Qiong, the left servant of the household department, for the trilateral system. And most of the errands of the left servant of the household department will not be put down, and Wang Qiong himself is the minister of the Shangting Department, and after he arrives in the northwest, he will continue to pass on the needs of the three sides to the Beijing division through official documents. ”

Cheng Minzheng thought about it, and suddenly felt that he was just doing odd jobs.

In the past, although the listening office was headed by Zhang Zhou, in practice, it was mainly Wang Qiong.

And Wang Qiong himself is the left servant of the household department, the emperor uses Wang Qiong to put the household department of Shangshu Tong Zhong in the air, and now Wang Qiong has gone to the northwest, and is still the actual mastermind of the household department, he Cheng Minzheng is in Beijing, as a cabinet minister, which is equivalent to being controlled by Wang Qiong's remote control and carrying out the affairs of the household department.

When Cheng Minzheng understood this, he also knew the emperor's "hard work".

To take the northwest frontier government, we first started with the household department, gradually grasped the financial power, and then gradually spread to the rest of the six yamen.

"Cheng Ge Lao, the affairs of the Northwest Ministry of Rites and the Criminal Department, this is mostly only reported to the imperial court afterwards, when you are on duty, you only need to sort out the important matters in military affairs and submit them to Your Majesty, as for issues such as money and grain scheduling, you must also communicate well with the household department. At the moment, the right waiter of the household department is likely to be Lu Wan...... You know him, he used to be the governor of Liaodong, and now he is also in charge of the affairs of Yanwutang. ”

"Huh."

Cheng Minzheng smiled.

He really wants to say, the feelings are all your people?

The left waiter of the household department is Wang Qiong, even if Wang Qiong goes to the northwest, it will not change.

And Lu Wan is directly in charge of the affairs of the household department in the capital by the right attendant, and then he Cheng Minzheng is just a tandem character.

Sounds a little sad...... But in terms of actual authority, he Cheng Minzheng is the highest, after all, no matter how awesome Wang Qiong and Lu Wan are, they also want to enter the cabinet, but there is no way, they do not have the qualifications to enter the cabinet.

"All that's left is to communicate more." Zhang Zhou smiled, "I also hope to establish a good relationship with the cabinet through you." Listen to the Cabinet and ...... Don't have any barriers, after all, they are all for the imperial court. ”

"Yes, yes."

Cheng Minzheng also wanted to say that I am not very familiar with those members of the cabinet.

Personal relationships are good, but when it comes to official business, they treat me like an outsider.

"Then there is the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, now that Tang Yin has gone to North Korea, it will take a while to come back, and he will be responsible for the supply of coal and iron in the future, as well as the casting of artillery, etc., which also requires communication...... It is equivalent to saying that Master Cheng is now mainly responsible for the affairs of the household department and the Ministry of Industry, especially during the period when Tang Yin is not in Beijing, you will have to worry more. ”

After Zhang Zhou finished speaking, he got up and was about to leave.

Cheng Minzheng asked: "...... that Bohu?"

When it comes to this person, Cheng Minzheng is a little weak, although in the fraud case in the twelfth year of Hongzhi, he and Tang Yin did not have much involvement before, after all, Tang Yin was exonerated from the crime, but he always felt that the two had an unusual connection.

"He is in North Korea and is in charge of foreign affairs, which Daming may not have cared much about before." Zhang Zhou said, "But Cheng Ge, you also know that now that the Ming Dynasty is strong, in addition to being able to take care of the border affairs, it should also interfere more in the affairs of neighboring countries, which reflects the responsibility and responsibility of my Ming suzerain." His Majesty's meaning, first develop Tang Yin in this direction. ”

"Why is that?" Cheng Minzheng asked curiously.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "What he once did in North Korea, hasn't Master Cheng heard of it?" ”

"Huh?"

Cheng Minzheng was stunned.

Thinking that Zhang Zhoudu subverted the internal state politics of North Korea, overthrew a king who was born as an orthodox prince, and replaced him with a young lord, this is ...... Very much in line with the status of a diplomat.

"Tang Yin, this person, I don't want to evaluate it." Zhang Zhou said, "Usually too idle, and his personality is a little uninhibited, what he is suitable for in the future, I haven't thought about it, His Majesty is also inspecting him, let him try any errands first, maybe he can find an errand that is more suitable for him." ”

Cheng Minzheng really wanted to ask, so what am I suitable for?

Zhang Zhou also seemed to have guessed Cheng Minzheng's thoughts, and said with a smile: "It's like Cheng Ge Lao, who is an orthodox Hanlin bachelor, is very suitable for the current errand." In the future, the communication between the cabinet and the military department will require Cheng Ge Lao to pay more attention. ”

"Yes, yes."

Cheng Minzheng immediately thought.

Zhang Zhou previously told him that his task was to communicate the affairs of the household department and the Ministry of Industry, and there was no other military department.

That meaning is a bit obvious, doesn't it mean that the affairs of the Ministry of War don't need to be bothered by him Cheng Minzheng? What can Zhang Zhou handle well, what if he Cheng Minzheng has a high status? That's not something you can interfere with!

"If there is something I don't understand, I want Cai Guogong to give me more advice. The old man lives to learn the old age. ”

Cheng Minzheng became a big understanding at the time.

He understood that if he wanted to gain a firm foothold in the court, he had to listen to Zhang Zhou well, handle the affairs of the household department and the Ministry of Industry, and then Zhang Zhou ...... Let him do whatever he wants.

It is equivalent to saying that he is giving Zhang Zhou a hand.

As for the first assistant, the second assistant or something, those are not his superiors, he is only responsible to the emperor and Zhang Zhou.

……

……

Zhang Zhou could go home directly that day.

As soon as he arrived at the door of the house, he saw a carriage parked there, Zhang Zhou got off the carriage, and the two women in the carriage also got out of the carriage to greet him.

The leader is a middle-aged woman that Zhang Zhou doesn't know, and the latter one is the Caihuang family he has seen before.

"Master, they've been waiting here for a long time." Liu Gui walked over and said.

Zhang Zhou said: "I won't invite you in, I still have something to do." ”

Cai Huang did not kneel down to Zhang Zhou on the street this time, but just bowed, and the woman next to him walked over and twisted a little.

Immediately, Sun Shangqi also jumped out of the car, he first glared at the uninvited Cai Huang clan, and then introduced Zhang Zhou to him: "Grandpa, this is your distant relative, Huangmen Feng." ”

"Oh, so it's my cousin? That's what it's called, right? I don't even know what to say about this generation. ”

Zhang Zhou smiled.

Distant relatives are just a reason, and the Huang family is the link between him and the local eunuchs of Yongping Mansion to establish a communication channel.

Feng Shi grinned and said, "How dare you make your grandfather condescend, you can call it whatever you want." ”

The accent in the north is very strong, and this is very different from Zhang Zhou, a person from Jiangnan, in terms of region and accent, if it is not verified that the previous two generations are indeed related, it is difficult to connect the two people.

"Then let's call Mrs. Huang." Zhang Zhoudao, "I don't know what happened to this visit? ”

"Just to see ......"

When Feng spoke, she couldn't help but look back at Cai Huang, obviously she had no experience in dealing with this kind of scene, even if she was from a "noble" background and was related to Zhang Zhou, but she was at home before, she belonged to the angry bag.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Sun Qianhu, Huang's case, what's going on now?" ”

Sun Shangqi said: "After that, Gonggong Li of Dongchang will personally send the case file over and discuss it with you." As far as I know, although the Huang family has a certain connection with the Tongfan case, because the circumstances are relatively minor, they were only fined 1,600 taels of silver, and the rest of the people are estimated to be released before the end of August. ”

"Really?"

When Feng Shi heard this, he looked very excited and said, "That means our family is fine, right?" ”

Cai Huang hurriedly went to pull the clothes of the second sister-in-law, meaning that it is inappropriate for you to talk like this.

Feng Shi didn't seem to notice it at all, and said with a smile: "It's good to have a relative who is an official, this big family, even if someone in his family commits a crime, he can be pardoned." It's good, it's good. Grandpa, if you have anything to do in the future, just tell the concubine, and if the concubine can't do it, let the head of the family do it. Your words are good after the insurance. ”

Zhang Zhou smiled.

Sure enough, he has no knowledge, and he doesn't have any scheming, and he doesn't know how much better than that Cai Huang.

Or is this cousin more realistic.

(End of chapter)