Chapter 235 Negotiations between the Internal and Foreign Ministers

Author: Silent

Chapter 235 Negotiations between the Internal and Foreign Ministers

After a simple inner court meeting, no one even explained Ningyuan's next military move to Liu Jian and others.

After the three cabinet members return to the check-in room.

Xie Qiancai finally seemed to open up his conversational box and sighed: "I can't stop it."

Both Liu Jian and Li Dongyang could understand what he meant.

If it were just a single battle at the head-off position, Zhang Zhou's achievements would not be obvious. After all, Wang Yue was there, and Zhang Zhou was just a helper at most. The civil servants were more likely to promote Wang Yue to Weininghou or Weiningbo after the fact.

While they were fighting, Zhang Zhou was not worried about giving him a title.

But this time it's different.

It was Zhang Zhou who planned it from the beginning, and he used a few "wine sacks and rice sacks" like virtuous ministers. What's even worse is that Zhang Zhou used two powerful weapons one after another.

If once was a coincidence, then twice...it became inevitable.

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

Li Dongyang thought for a while and shook his head helplessly: "With his achievements, if he really wants to be promoted to uncle, I'm afraid it won't be easy to stop him. Your Majesty trusts him too much. But speaking of it, the honorable ministers in the Governor's Mansion are now fawning over him.

, do you all want him to have a title so early?"

A very real problem.

The civil servants now feel that Zhang Zhou is a "hidden danger". Do Wu Xun and others regard Zhang Zhou as a "sage"?

If Zhang Zhou was just a sycophant who made suggestions in front of the emperor, it would not affect the interests of the people in the Dudu Mansion. They could try their best to curry favor with Zhang Zhou, but once Zhang Zhou got the title, the people in the Dudu Mansion would become Zhang Zhou.

Zhou's "comrades" are all said to be peers and enemies. By then, Zhang Zhou may be disliked by both civil servants and military officials.

Let's just talk about Zhang Mao... Isn't Zhang Mao worried that after his death, Zhang Zhou will have all the power in the capital?

A capable person is one who is always in the opponent's camp.

If it comes to your side, you will become your enemy.

Xie Qian smiled and said: "Binzhi, hearing what you mean, you want to keep him in Hanyuan? What are you doing?"

Xie Qian is more practical.

Since this new No. 1 scholar is not under our control, why don't we push him into the Wuxun camp and let him harm the other side?

Let those honorable ministers always like to compliment this Zhang Bingkuan when they have nothing to do. Now you ask for mercy and you will be rewarded. Zhang Bingkuan has sent it to you and asked you if you are happy?

Liu Jian obviously had a better view of the overall situation than Li Dongyang. He nodded and said: "After Zhang Zhou entered the Governor's Mansion, he no longer had the rank of a civil servant. There is no need to worry about him messing up the rules of the officialdom. He won the title based on meritorious service. It can be considered that he got what he wanted.

. But it does not affect his interference in government affairs in the future. He may even intensify his interference, and... it is not within our limits. In the long run, it is really not what we want."

Li Dongyang said: "I am also worried that if he goes to the Governor's Mansion, it will disrupt the balance between the civil and military ministers of the DPRK and China."

"hehe."

Although Xie Qian did not participate in this discussion, he was laughing.

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

He pushed people to the opposite camp of Wu Xun to harm Wu Xun, but he was also afraid that Wu Xun would get Zhang Zhou's "strong support" and break the so-called balance.

To put it nicely, it’s called “balance.”

It is simply a matter of emphasizing civil service over military service, and the situation in which civilian officials overwhelm military officials may be broken.

Therefore, Liu Jian here felt that it was actually quite good to keep Zhang Zhou with the civil servants. Even if Zhang Zhou was only known as a civil servant, it would make the emperor feel that Zhang Zhou was always a civil servant, and it would also make the world

You know, the Ming Dynasty still valued civil rule but not martial arts. It can even be said that... there will be opportunities to slowly deal with Zhang Zhou in the future and bring Zhang Zhou into the "right path".

If someone else suggested this.

Xie Qian will definitely say, are you cheap? I don’t want it for you. Now he is going to be a martial artist, but he wants to bring people back?

"I will go to court tomorrow, but I don't know what to say." Li Dongyang was at his wits' end.

Whether Zhang Zhou should be a civil servant or a military officer, now even the cabinet seems to have no way to interfere. As long as the emperor says something about giving Zhang Zhou a title, who in the court will object? There is no way to object!

If he were directly promoted to a marquis, there might still be some minor disputes, but for them, would it make a big difference whether Zhang Zhou was an uncle or a marquis?

While we were worrying here, we heard footsteps outside. It was Dai Yi, Xiao Jing, Chen Kuan and Wei Bin, four eunuchs who were in charge of rituals, who came to the cabinet together.

This battle still leaves the three cabinet members a bit confused.

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Dai Yi and four others arrived and both parties met with each other.

As the top "advisory group" of the Ming Dynasty, these seven people can be said to account for more than 90% of the daily decision-making of Ming Dynasty affairs. In name, the emperor governs the country, but it is better to say that these seven people support the government of the Ming Dynasty.

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After all, the matters discussed in the court are only a small number, and most matters are reviewed through official documents. These seven people are responsible for this.

Moreover, even in court meetings, the proportion of emperors adopting their opinions is very high, and everything must be approved by them.

"Three pavilion elders, we won't hide it anymore. We are bringing them here on behalf of His Majesty to discuss something with you. Your Majesty hopes to seek your opinions first."

After the two sides sat down, it was like negotiating, with Dai Yi making the opening remarks.

Liu Jian nodded.

He knows that in this matter, the cabinet is actually very passive. Just like when it comes to making decisions on internal affairs of the government, the cabinet only has the power to consult and does not have the power to make the final decision. In fact, the four "internal ministers" have greater power.

Some.

Dai Yi said: "Your Majesty previously discussed with Mr. Zhang, also known as Zhang Zhuangyuan, his future direction in the court, and he made a proposal to Your Majesty."

Liu Jian and the others understood immediately.

Perhaps it was only because of Zhang Zhou that the emperor could organize such a big battle and let the internal and external ministers negotiate?

You, Zhang Bingkuan, have a lot of face.

Xie Qian asked with a smile: "What is his plan?"

Dai Yi looked at Xiao Jing and said, "Eunuch Xiao will tell you."

Like the emperor, Dai Yi seemed to have learned to put on airs. This change actually made Liu Jian and the others a bit intolerable.

Although these internal ministers have the power to make decisions, they usually don't have many ideas. Most of the time, they still have to adopt the cabinet's votes, because there are many things that cannot be handled by these four eunuchs alone. To put it bluntly...

Their level is not good.

Therefore, despite the great power of the eunuchs and eunuchs, they still have to be polite when meeting cabinet ministers.

But it seems to be different now.

Is it possible that Dai Yi was so arrogant because of the rise of Zhang Zhou and the fact that the emperor no longer simply relied on the cabinet?

The three ministers of the cabinet can be said to be the best among the officials in the Ming Dynasty. Their political acumen is very high.

Xiao Jing said: "Your Majesty mentioned this in advance and wanted to make Mr. Zhang a marquis, at least on par with the Marquis of Anbian."

The three cabinet members looked at each other.

It sounds reasonable.

Even the idiot Zhu Feng was about to be promoted to Anbian Marquis after two battles. There was nothing wrong with Zhang Zhou's promotion to Marquis of Anbian.

Even if this matter is mentioned in court and civil servants come out to protest, it seems that the final result will not change. Zhang Zhou will still get the marquis.

Xie Qian smiled and interrupted: "What did Bingkuan say?"

Instead of calling him "Zhang Jinshi" or something like that, he directly changed his name to "Bingkuan", as if the civil servants had accepted Zhang Zhou and were very familiar with Zhang Zhou.

Xiao Jing said: "Mr. Zhang said that he doesn't want to go to the northwest to lead troops, and he doesn't want to be the governor. He just wants to stay in the capital and live a peaceful life for a few days, admiring flowers, shopping, going in and out of the palace to teach the prince...probably.

These are Mr. Zhang’s exact words.”

Xie Qian smiled after hearing this.

Want to hit someone.

This boy is really pretending. What you mean by saying this is actually telling the emperor that you don’t want to get a marquis, but you want to continue to compete with us civil servants in the capital for a three-quarter acre of land in the court?

Flower viewing and shopping?

When you are a playboy, do you think you have enough to feed the whole family? What about social responsibility?

Liu Jian took the conversation and said, "So what arrangements are your Majesty going to make?"

Xiao Jing shook his head and said: "Your Majesty has not made a decision, but has discussed with Mr. Zhang that even if Mr. Zhang is given a title, he will not be allowed to leave the capital. Instead, he can be temporarily held a position in the capital camp to assist the British public.

People will take good care of the capital camp."

"Very good." Liu Jian nodded.

In his heart, he clearly wanted to tie Zhang Zhou to the Hanlin Academy, but when faced with Xiao Jing's words, he easily did not reveal his intentions.
To be continued...