Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1136 Cabinet Adjustment Plan
Gao Wu's every move in Beijing has attracted much attention. Naturally, the news of his "rushing" into the Yuanfu Mansion was quickly known by various forces in Beijing. Everyone speculated on the story behind this move in their hearts, but let They really couldn't understand what they were thinking.

Not only have the uncle and nephew been very close all along, but their political stances are almost identical, so it is impossible for Gao Pragmatism to be the unlucky person who "excited his teacher out of anger" to find his uncle. Then... logically there is only one possibility, and that is They're in trouble.

But what trouble could go wrong now?
The Mongols were beaten last year, and they will not be able to recover for a while. If Gao Shishi does not seek their bad luck, they will have to burn incense, and there is absolutely no possibility of large-scale violations.If we talk about small-scale offenders... Li Chengliang is not a pig, but he is also a rare tiger general. Can a small matter be settled?

It doesn't look like there will be another disturbance in southern Xinjiang. Now that the morale of the Ming army is high, even if the ghosts and snake gods in southern Xinjiang are unwilling, they should at least wait for the army to retreat before making trouble. Isn't it just sending food to make trouble now?

This is really strange.

However, they soon received new news: Gao Wushi entered Zhang Dashi's mansion less than half an hour before he was sent out by two brothers Zhang Jiazheng and Zhang Taizheng. what dispute.

Gao Wushi didn't stay at the gate of Zhang's residence any longer, and left the capital all the way as usual, and went back to Xinzhai Baiyulou.

Baiyulou was closely guarded, and Gao Yushi returned to Baiyulou, so the news was broken, but no one noticed that there were fewer people in Gao Yushi's ceremonial entourage before he left the city.

Chen Ju went to the Neidong Factory after he came down from court, and he heard about Gao Wushi's intrusion into the Yuanfu Mansion just like everyone else. He also felt that this was very strange. After thinking for a while, I gave up and went to the Waidong factory in person.

Sure enough, it didn't take long before someone came to ask for an interview with Gao Gongbao's name card, saying that he had something important to report. Chen Ju called the person in, and was about to ask him about his visit, when the man in the Gao family's dingy brown shorts handed it over directly. A letter said: "You don't need to ask more questions, my master said everything is in the letter, please read it."

Chen Ju didn't dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly went to pick up the letter himself. He found that the letter was still painted with wax, and judging from the pattern, the coat of arms of the wax was not the "book and sword" that Gao Yuya used to, but The leopard pattern of the Zhang family in Puzhou.

Chen Ju immediately understood that this was Gao Wu's written seal in Zhang's residence. There was no seal of his "book and sword" there, so he could only make do with Zhang's leopard.

This meant that the situation was very urgent, and Gao Yushi had to pass the news to himself before he even had time to return home.

He hurriedly and carefully opened the wax and took out the letter to read.

"Brother Lingang: I got an emergency report from Puzhou, saying that my grandfather is seriously ill and the doctors are at a loss. I am afraid that a big change is coming, so I have asked Yuan Fu to discuss the addition of cabinet ministers... Brother please explain the reason before your Majesty, don't be too many Thank you very much for the delay. Sincerely, brother pragmatic."

Chen Ju was very familiar with Gao Yushi's handwriting, so this letter must have been written by him, but he had never seen Gao Yushi's handwriting so scribbled.From the point of view of the writing, this letter is also extremely straightforward, as if dictating in person, and it is not the high-level pragmatic style of the past.

As for the content of the letter, Chen Ju gasped, and without a word, turned on the ever-burning lamp, and burned the letter paper to ashes with the flames.

"Go and report to Gao Gongbao quickly, and say that Chen Ju knows how powerful it is, and then go back to the palace to make arrangements, please rest assured."

Ding Changyi thanked the family, took his leave and turned to leave.

Chen Ju hurried out of the middle hall and shouted: "Quickly prepare the sedan chair, prepare the small sedan chair, and go back to the palace!"

Although the big green sedan chair of the admiral of the East Factory is imposing, it is really not fast enough. At this time, it is natural to change to a small sedan chair to avoid delay.

And Gao Wushi didn't rest after returning to Baiyu Tower, and immediately ordered someone to arrange an ordinary carriage. He changed into an azure yisha, and with only a groom and two attendants, he drove back to the capital in a light car.

He went straight back to the No. [-] Scholar in Jinggong Square in Zhaohui, and as soon as he entered the door, someone told him that Zhang Xinzhai and Wu Huanzhou had arrived for a while, and they were drinking tea in the flower hall.Gao Wushi hurried to the flower hall without saying a word.

"Mr. Xin Zhai, the students are late. Brother Wu is also here?"

Gao Wushi went directly into the flower hall, both Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui were a little surprised, but thinking about the situation in the afternoon, they didn't care about this rudeness, and stood up at the same time.

Zhang Xueyan said with concern: "To be honest, you are so polite, you are so anxious to find us, and you come so secretly, but what happened?"

Wu Dui was on the gold list later than Zhang Xueyan in two subjects. He was a junior, so he didn't rush to talk, but just nodded, with the same expression of concern.

"Well, there is indeed something...or maybe there is something." Gao Wushi greeted the two of them to sit down, and said, "The two gentlemen are not outsiders, so the student can speak directly if he has something to say. The student's grandfather—that is, old father Yuanfu— — critically ill."

The news was really a bolt from the blue, Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui were stunned for a moment, neither of them replied immediately.

Zhang Xueyan and Zhang Siwei happened to be in the same year of the same department, so they reacted faster, and immediately changed their expressions, and said, "Can you invite a famous doctor to see him?"

This is an urgent nonsense, what kind of wealth is the Zhang family in Puzhou, and why do you need to ask about such things as hiring a famous doctor?So Gao Wushi just nodded with a wry smile.

Zhang Xueyan herself also immediately realized that the words were a bit panic-stricken, and immediately asked, "What does Yuan Fu mean?"

Gao Wushi said: "Yuanfu has already decided that tomorrow morning he will go to the Emperor Shu to add cabinet ministers." Then he added: "The students have also informed the second official of the Sili Supervisor and asked them to report to the Emperor. There will be no delay in adding cabinet ministers."

Why emphasize this "no delay"?Because generally speaking, when the chief minister proposes to add cabinet ministers, the emperor usually "disapproves" at the beginning-as soon as your chief minister says to add ministers, I will agree. Doesn't that mean that I think your cabinet has done a good job? No, I also hope that some people will come in and help right away?

So Gao Wushi deliberately asked Chen Ju to go to Huang Mengyu, and the two went to the emperor together to show their strength.

The implication is that your Majesty, don’t do it according to the usual situation. If you practice Tai Chi again on this matter, maybe the old man Zhang will ascend to heaven before he “completes the process”—that Siwei Zhang will have to resign immediately , and directly thanked the guests behind closed doors, packed their bags and prepared to go home. Ding You kept the rules, and the matter of supplementing the cabinet ministers might be destroyed.

As for what is meant by "destroyed", of course it was not added according to Zhang Siwei's original intention. For example, the person who added the last addition was not selected by Zhang Siwei.

This is usually not possible, but there are occasional exceptions, because generally speaking, although Zhang Siwei has the right to recommend before he leaves, he can't just write the name of the person or people he really wants to recommend, but also I have to write a few more to avoid being criticized by the outside world.And in this way, if the emperor didn't understand his true meaning and happened to choose a "furniture" to go up, it would be a bad thing.

But after Gao Wushi said this, Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui became nervous at the same time.

Of course, Gao Yushi couldn't have invited the two of them to chat. At this moment, calling them here must be related to the important matter of recruiting cabinet ministers.The only problem is that there are currently five elders in the cabinet, namely the first assistant Zhang Siwei, the second assistant Shen Shixing, and the following group assistants are Yu Youding, Xu Guo, and Pan Sheng.

Even if Zhang Siwei and Ding You go away, there are still four left. Generally speaking, it is enough to add only one cabinet minister.

Who is on?

Even if everyone is an important minister in the court of the Real School, they can't be completely calm at this time-this is a cabinet elder, who would not want it?Who can give it to others in a cool and unrestrained way?

The two of them have even begun to guess that Gao Wushi invited them here, perhaps to appease the "lost" minister while announcing the result.

The hope in Wu Dui's eyes flickered for a moment, and soon dimmed. He felt that he might have no hope this time - Zhang Xueyan was on the gold list two subjects earlier than him, and his qualifications were older.At the same time, Zhang Xueyan is the Minister of the Ministry of Households, and it is usually easier to enter the cabinet than the Minister of the Ministry of War.

But Gao Wushi took a deep breath, but said: "Yuanfu means to recommend the two to join the cabinet at the same time."

Both Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui were stunned.

at the same time?

The cabinet wants to arrange seven cabinet elders at once?
Zhang Xueyan also knew that he was the one who was more likely to join the cabinet, so it was not easy to speak.Wu Dui took the initiative and said, "Seven elders, aren't they a little... rare?"

Gao Wushi said: "In Tianshun's reign, there were seven assistant ministers in the cabinet. Although it is rare, it is not uncommon. Besides, Yuan Fu may be Ding You at any time, and Yu Ge's boss..."

Yu Ge has been sick for so long, and now he can't get out of bed anymore. It's not surprising when he goes west, so what's the big deal if he arranges it earlier?
Besides, even if he is not dead, he has not "come to work" for several months now, the cabinet can't keep doing this, can it?Court elders have no overtime pay!

When Gao Wushi said this, Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui also reacted, and looked at each other, both of them were very satisfied.

But Zhang Xueyan immediately asked: "If so, who will take over from the household department?"

It just so happened that Wu Dui also asked, "Who will the Ministry of War be entrusted to?"

Gao Wushi said: "Yuan Fu's current meaning is that the household department should be handed over to Shen Zhonghua (Shen Li), and the military department should be handed over to Liang Ganji (Liang Menglong). What do you two think?"

Wu Dui first said, "Liang Menglong... I think it's ok."

Of course, there is nothing wrong with Liang Menglong's ability, the only problem is his teacher, and his teacher is Zhang Juzheng.However, after Zhang Juzheng fell from power, he never uttered a word of complaint, and even wrote letters to his disciples many times, asking them to be officials and not to try to drag Gao Dang back. Therefore, after observing for a period of time, Gao Gong reused Liang Menglong.

After Gao Gong passed away, Guo Pu assisted the government, and Gao Yushi became an official to recover Annan. Liang Menglong worked steadily, and then formed an alliance with Gao Wushi, who was in Liaodong, and now he is already a member of the practical school.

Zhang Xueyan hesitated for a moment, and said: "Shen Zhonghua's knowledge is good, but he has been going around in the Hanlin Academy and Zhan Shifu, and he has never been released, nor has he been a court official, and he came to be a great Situ right away... Will it be difficult to adapt?"

Difficult to adapt to is obviously a more polite statement, Zhang Xueyan's meaning is actually very clear: Shen Li has always been an academic official in the Imperial Academy, and has never actually handled common affairs at all, and now it is in the process of reform, suddenly let him do most of the chores, The smallest and most annoying Hubu Shangshu, can he do it?

Gao Wushi sighed, and said: "Mr. Xin Zhai is really worried, and Yuan Fu actually has this concern, but if Shen Zhonghua is not used, there will be no more suitable candidate for a while."

Zhang Xueyan was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, it was really the case.Other people who are released, even if their qualifications are similar to Shen Li's, their current job levels are almost a little bit worse. If they enter the center, they will at most be given a real job as a servant.

And if it is not selected among the external officials, there is no one more suitable than Shen Li among the academic officials in the Imperial Academy.Including Chen Jingbang, although Shen Li is the same age, but he is younger than Shen Li, and he also has no experience in general affairs, so it is better to choose him than Shen Li.

This is embarrassing, and it really answered the worries of the year, which means it's a bit out of date.

Zhang Xueyan thought for a long time, but there was no better candidate, so she couldn't help but be speechless.

None of the three considered recommending someone other than the Real School to be the Secretary of the Household Department, because everyone knows that the Household Department is different from the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment, and even the Ministry of Industry. It is directly related to the success or failure of the reform and must be controlled by oneself Only in the hands of people.

Is the party the same?Perhaps, but reform is absolutely impossible without real power and financial power, not to mention that almost any reform is now inseparable from the support of the Ministry of Accounts.

Although Shen Li may not be the most suitable candidate for Hubu Shangshu in terms of ability, at least there is no problem in loyalty. He is not only a student of Gao Gong, but also a native of Yucheng, Henan. It can be said that he has no chance of rebounding. .

Zhang Xueyan also had nothing to say, so he had to ask: "Since Yuan Fu has made a decision, the subordinates will naturally agree, but I don't know what Elder Xu Ge said? Also, is Elder Pan Ge willing to support me this time?"

Gao Wushi said: "Mr. Xu Ge should be at Yuanfu's residence at this time. Presumably Yuanfu can reach an agreement with him. As for Pan Ge's youngest... the students have already sent someone to contact, so it must not be a big problem."

Pan Sheng, this person himself was able to enter the cabinet because of the help of the Practical School, and he himself has a kind personality, and generally he will not reject the high pragmatism that "benefits him".In addition... Gao Wushi also sent a message, allowing him to exchange the Yunnan war banknotes in his hand at the original price - the old man bought 4 taels of Yunnan war banknotes last time in silence.

Following Gao Pragmatism's words, this alone earned thousands of taels in vain, and all he had to pay was to express his support for Yuanfu's recommendation, which was money that fell from the sky, why not take it?
After some discussions, both Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui thought there was no problem, so they bid farewell to Gao Yushi, put on their bamboo hats, and left quietly through the back door.
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