Chapter 610: Even the Eight Tigers are in Difficulties!
Under the gaze of everyone, Zhang Cai noticed the eyes falling on him, but remained silent. He had always had this attitude when it came to Xu Xun's affairs. In the past, people knew that Liu Jinrong had this thing about him, and it was not easy to do anything about it, but now
Nowadays, some people can't stand this extraordinary moment. Li Xian, who relied on Liu Jin's influence to dominate the Liuke Gallery for a while, couldn't help but sneered.
"In the past, Eunuch Liu listened to everything Mr. Zhang had to say. At this critical moment today, why did Mr. Zhang pretend to be deaf and dumb?"
Seeing Liu Jin also looking over, Zhang Cai leaned forward calmly and said: "My only concern is safety on the road. This matter is simple. All we need to do is let Eunuch Liu make it clear to the emperor directly and let Marquis Pingbei guarantee the matter."
Liu Jinzheng was annoyed that Zhang Cai spoke in an understatement. Someone on the side had already sneered on his behalf: "Mr. Zhang, you think too highly of your old master? Guaranteeing the safety of the father-in-law is easy to say, but he made a mistake when he turned around. He said it was an oversight, then
Isn’t my father-in-law unjust?”
"There is nothing better than judging a gentleman's heart with a villain's heart." Zhang Cai glanced around the crowd, his eyes showing sharpness, "Ping Beihou is a young man who succeeds, whether it is leading troops into battle or employing people to govern.
The only unique thing is that I have never heard of doing harm to others and not benefiting oneself. I guarantee that this kind of thing will be difficult to catch up with, not to mention that the father-in-law's holy family is no less than him. If something really happens, unless Pingbei Hou is willing to do everything from now on.
If you lose the holy family, you will never break your promise."
Although everyone had objections to these words, the reasoning was weak and weak. Liu Jin also felt that Zhang Cai's words were reasonable, but it still could not dispel his resistance that he did not want to go to Jiangnan. No matter what, he said that he was talking about three stooges and was incompatible with Zhuge Liang.
, but Liu Jin finally found to his regret that there were many people under his command, and most of their ideas were bad. Some even clamored to kick Xu Xun out of office at any moment, but made him so angry - if it were so easy to handle.
, can he wait until today?
In the end, he simply kicked out all the people who had no effect. In addition to Zhang Cai, the remaining people included Liu Yu, Cao Yuan, Han Fu, and Li Xian. But after many discussions, there was still no good idea. In the end, there was no good idea.
Liu Jin finally couldn't help but slapped the table again: "On weekdays, in front of our family, you all look like you are talented and knowledgeable. How come you have no idea about such a trivial matter today! Seeing how you look like this, our family must be serious.
Now that we're gone, how can you stand up to Xu Xun's old guys!"
"My father-in-law, what you said is wrong. Those old guys are all dying. Half of their bodies are in the coffin. How can they compare with the youth and strength of me?" Zhang Cai glanced at the people around him again this time. He saw that they were not there.
People think they are old and do not think they are young and strong, even Liu Yu and Cao Yuan, who are much older than themselves, are no exception. He just said lightly, "But my father-in-law's safety on the road is guaranteed. As for the capital,
Among all the people like us today, the yamen where we are located has a cabinet, a civil service department, a military department, and a household department. In addition, the Six Sections and Corridors are also in control, except for the Metropolitan Procuratorate. These are all the most important places!"
This sentence made Liu Jin suddenly wake up. Ever since Liu Jian and Xie Qian stepped down last year, Xu Xun began to vigorously compete with himself for his position. When the situation was most dangerous, Xu Xun's subordinates and those who were friendly to him firmly occupied the bureaucracy.
, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Ministry of War almost lost their manpower. It was only when Yang Yiqing did not come back that the decline was reversed. But now in the hands of Xu Xun is the Ministry of Rites, the Criminal Ministry, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Rites is noble, while the Ministry of Punishment is complicated, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate is
The court is just a mouthpiece. Impeachment is annoying. The actual power is no longer what it was before. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but softened a little, but still said angrily: "So, Xilu, you also agree with our family being impeached."
Xu Xun is planning to go to Jiangnan with him?"...
"My father-in-law is wrong in what he said. Even though we have an advantage in these yamen, no matter what method is used, my father-in-law cannot go!"
Zhang Cai saw that everyone sat up straight, but still did not mention Xu Xun, but said slowly: "Ping Beihou was kind to me in the past, and I know his character, and he will never be on the way.
It would be detrimental to the father-in-law. After all, if anything happens, everyone knows that he has something to do with it, because this is the worst policy. But the father-in-law needs to know that there are still Zhang Yong, the imperial eunuch, and Gu Da, the admiral of the West Factory, in the palace.
Yes, in addition, Ma Yongcheng, Wei Bin, Luo Xiang and my father-in-law were not on good terms before. As soon as the father-in-law goes out, if they all make a fuss in front of the emperor..."
Liu Yu, Cao Yuan, even Han Fu, who was completely subdued by Liu Jin, and Li Xian, who was the most powerful in fawning over Liu Jin, were always a little unconvinced when looking at Zhang Cai. Before, I heard Zhang Cai instigating Liu Jin and Xu Xun in every line.
Jiang Nan's words were all about his little Jiujiu, and he meant to expose his true face at the critical moment. But at this moment, Zhang Cai suddenly clearly showed his opposition, and then came up with the most irrefutable reason. They
Suddenly there was nothing to say.
"That's right, that's right! No matter how powerful the old guys under Xu Xun are, it's useless if they can't see the emperor, but Zhang Yonggu and the others can meet the emperor anytime they want!" Liu Jin slapped his thigh suddenly, and then he felt a little nervous.
He grimaced in pain for a moment, and finally looked at Zhang Cai with appreciation and nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay, Xilu, you have reminded our family of the most important thing. Well, thanks to your reminder, our family has an idea!"
No matter how much others wanted to show their loyalty and talents, when Liu Jin made it clear that he didn't need you, one of them had to stand up and leave reluctantly. The only thing that made them feel more psychologically balanced was that Zhang Cai, at least this time
He also came out with them. When they got into the car, Liu Yu and Cao Yuan were now the elders of the pavilion. He maintained his identity and had to maintain a superficial relationship with Zhang Cai. Han Fu was mean to others, but he was also conceited and unwilling to say much.
Li Xian was a real villain, and after giving in to Zhang Caiyi, he said goodbye. However, Li Xian was a real villain. When he saw Zhang Cai turning around to get in the car, he couldn't help but sneered.
"Master Zhang follows the new master without forgetting the old master, but what if the two sides really come to blows with their swords and guns in the future, and I don't know how to deal with it?"
He just said something cheerful, and when he saw Zhang Cai's face darken, he immediately got on the car and left without looking back. But when Zhang Cai saw that the coachman, Lao He, had an unhappy face, he lowered his head and boarded the car, and then said calmly: "Why bother?
Are you angry with this kind of thing? Let’s go!”
The capital has entered a curfew at night, but Zhang Cai is now a Heavenly Official and is honored as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. Even though there are not many followers in front and behind, the lanterns are clear, and the soldiers and horses patrolling the city at night naturally
He didn't dare to make any trouble, and even tried to fawn over him by escorting Zhang Cai back home, but Zhang Cai refused one by one. The journey back was peaceful and without any incident. When he got home, he was waiting at the door all the time.
After the old housekeeper who was waiting at the door welcomed him in, he told the situation of the women in the backyard as usual, and finally asked: "Master, tonight..."
"I'll stay in the study tonight. Tell Madam and the rest of them."
Zhang Cai has been promoted many times in the past year, from being a doctor in the literature selection department to the current Tianguan. While his colleagues are still living in the same place as before, he has been promoted and changed houses every time, even though it is always the same.
He wanted to rent a house, but the landlord all handed over a carefully decorated beautiful room, plus a lot of furniture and furnishings. He accepted them all with a smile, and the women in the backyard naturally put their best efforts into decorating their own houses. However, only
Zhang Cai's study room was built by himself. Except for his old wife, no woman was allowed to enter...
There are no partitions between the three study rooms. On the wall in the middle is a picture of pine, bamboo and plum blossoms painted by himself, with the inscription "The Sea of Books Boundless". The big case below, in addition to the Four Treasures of the Study, are all the things he accumulated over the years in the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
According to the experience of many officials, the so-called people in the pocket are often the people among them. In the west room are stacks of bookshelves. If Xu Xun came here now, he would definitely think of the libraries of later generations, but for Zhang Cai, this layer
There are layers of Duobaoge, and each one contains the most important things he has accumulated over decades of officialdom. The content of each book is now deeply engraved in his mind.
There is a couch against the wall on the east side. It is not the most popular canopy bed nowadays, but a spacious Arhat bed. It was originally just for people to lie down and read, but now he has people put a quilt under it.
On it, he often sat and lay here when he was in the study. Now after he came back to wash himself, he walked around leisurely with his shoes on. As usual, he looked through the various posts and letters on the big case in the center.
This has been his old habit for many years. No matter he was only a fifth-rank doctor back then, or he is now a second-rank minister, he has to personally read all kinds of posts and letters from his subordinates. This is the most important thing in controlling the election.
One of them - Only by controlling your subordinates can you control the officials to be elected. Just like that, he flipped through the signatures one by one and glanced at the content. He suddenly found that the handwriting on a post was somewhat familiar. He thought about it carefully.
After a moment, his eyes narrowed, and he immediately stretched out his hands to grab the post. He was originally going to raise his voice to invite the book boy to ask questions, but in the end he took the thing and went straight to the Arhat's bed and sat down.
After reading it several times, he finally confirmed that it looked like a post about the children and marriage of a chief executive of the Selected Literature Department, and it was definitely written by Xu Xun! But it was not written by his right hand, but by his left hand, and he had just written it with Xu Xun back then.
I saw it once when I was pretending to break up! Thinking of this, he read the above content attentively. When he saw that most of the long text was nonsense, he raised his eyebrows thoughtfully, but did not read it.
If you look at the vertical columns and horizontal rows, you will be able to understand the deep meaning in a moment.
After I travel south, I will wait to drive out Liu Cao, gather talents, and recruit the most capable people from Liu's party, waiting for news from me.
Since they voted for Liu Jin, Zhang Cai and Xu Xun have not had any contact or exchanged words. They only acted together based on a tacit understanding. At this moment, facing this long-lost concise explanation, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
When I read that post, I felt extremely confused.
Xu Xun has always believed that talents should be refined rather than numerous. Apart from veterans, there are also many rising stars of literature who have been recruited one after another. The rest come to recommend themselves or use other endless methods, and there are more innovative ones. But
Most of them were turned away. As long as Xu Xun is really willing to open the middle door like Liu Jin to welcome talented people from all over the world, without even raising his arms, I think more people will be willing to join in. Why do you have to let yourself gather talents and put all the talents in front of you?
Are the talented people in Liu's party gathering under his command?
Although he couldn't figure it out after much thinking, since Xu Xun had made it clear that a scholar would die for his confidant, Zhang Cai finally decided to do it. However, when he finally burned the post on the light, he couldn't help but change his mind.
A thought. If Xu Xun led Liu Jin to Jiangnan this time and really planned to accomplish his success in one battle, then he would only have these few months left as Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. In this case, in the remaining few months,
I'm already so sharp, so I might as well be a little more arrogant!
He may be the first person in the Ming Dynasty to be promoted from Lang Guan to Tian Guan in just over a year. How could he not leave a lasting mark? Even if it is a stigma!
Early the next morning, Zhu Houzhao left Kunning Palace feeling refreshed and found a familiar figure standing in front of the main hall. Recognizing it was Liu Jin, he was stunned at first, and then strode away with a tiger face.
He stepped forward and asked angrily: "If you really don't want to go on this trip with Xu Xun, I won't force you. It's not like there is no one in the palace. Zhang Yonggu Dayong and Ma Yongcheng are the ones.
Anyone who wants to come will be happy to do so!”….
Although Zhang Cai's reminder last night made him enlightened, Liu Jin still felt a deep crisis coming when he heard these words. He took a deep breath and then said respectfully: "Your Majesty
Just kidding, what I am today depends on the emperor's guidance and support. Now I am entrusted with the important task of patrolling the south of the Yangtze River. How dare I disobey? However, for such a big thing, it would be not considerate enough if I just go with Ping Beihou, so
I am brave enough to ask the emperor to order Zhang Yonggu, Ma Yongcheng, Wei Bin, Luo Xiang and five others to go together with me."
If we want to go together, as long as no one is around Zhu Houzhao and the important seats in the court are held by his own people, I, Old Liu, will be afraid of who will come! If anyone refuses to go, it is not because he is timid and has a guilty conscience!
Seeing Zhu Houzhao obviously showing some emotion, Liu Jin said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I also know that there have been some rumors in recent days, saying that I have the power to monopolize others and cannot tolerate others. To be honest, at the time, the eight of us in the East Palace
Among them, Lao Qiu went to Nanjing, and Eunuch Gao is now seriously ill. I only hope that this trip to the south of the Yangtze River will allow the six of us and Marquis Pingbei to rebuild our old friendship and work together to serve the emperor in the future!"
As soon as Zhu Houzhao heard this, all the melancholy that had been accumulated in his heart in recent days disappeared. He immediately nodded heavily and said: "Okay, okay! Since you have this intention, of course I couldn't be more happy. Ruisheng, go tell Zhang Yonggu to use Ma Yongcheng and Wei Bin."