Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1143 New Cabinet, New Seven Ministers

No matter how sad or unwilling, Zhang Siwei's convoy finally disappeared on the post road to the south of Yantai Mayi.His convoy is expected to arrive at Gujie Mayi in the southwest of the capital tonight, to catch up with Gao Cai and his wife who set off a little earlier, and then go back to Puzhou to bury their father and cry, and Ding You guards the system.

At least half of the officials in Beijing appeared around the farewell pavilion, sending the chief assistant off solemnly—or the former chief minister left Beijing and returned home.

Of course Gao Yushi stood in the most conspicuous position, and even continued to accept "consolation" from others.Obviously, this is not because his official position as a minister of the Ministry of War will be the highest among the princes, but because the deceased himself is also his grandfather, but he cannot leave his post.

From the point of view of people at this time, it is very pitiful not to be filial due to business. As for whether Gao Pragmatic is really sad, no one really cares.

If they really care about high pragmatism, they are also concerned about whether he can "turn grief into strength" and really turn the Beijing camp that has been rotten to the root into a flower.

Today's situation is different from the past, Gao Wushi relied on himself as "wearing a filial piety", he didn't exchange too many greetings with everyone, and after seeing off his uncle, he left in silence.

No one would blame him for being rude, at least not today.

But the bad things of the Ming Dynasty in July this year are obviously not over yet, because after going to be the chief assistant during the day, another cabinet minister died that night-Yu Youding died of illness.

The next day was supposed to be a big day, but Yu Youding died of illness, so the emperor had to temporarily issue an edict to express his condolences, and stopped the day as usual.

The next day, in the Great Dynasty, Chen Ju announced the latest edict on behalf of the emperor, re-ranking the cabinet ministers, and the original seven cabinet elders were in the cabinet at the same time. The situation changed again, and continued to restore the state of five cabinet elders.

The current composition of the cabinet is as follows: the first assistant, Shen Shixing, a scholar of Zhongjidian, the second assistant, Xu Guo, a scholar of Jianjidian, and three assistants: Pan Sheng, a scholar of Wenhuadian, and Zhang Xueyan, a scholar of Wenyuange , Wu Dui, a scholar of Dongge University.

As for the University of Martial Arts Hall, who was originally ranked behind the Wenhua Hall and before the Wenyuan Pavilion, it is of course temporarily vacant—anyway, it is not surprising that cabinet ministers are often vacant.

At this time, Qiqing's position has also been changed.The so-called Qiqing refers to the six ministers plus the Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

If we talk about Jiuqing, the Ming Dynasty was divided into "Big Jiuqing" and "Little Jiuqing".Among them, the "big nine ministers" are the above seven ministers plus the ministers of Dali Temple and the Tongzheng envoy; Lu Siqing, Guozijian Jijiu, Yuanma Siqing and Shang Baosiqing.

Now the positions of the Qiqing who have completed all the changes are as follows: Minister of the Ministry of Officials Yang Wei, Minister of the Ministry of Households Shen Li, Minister of the Ministry of Rites Pan Sheng (concurrently), Minister of the Ministry of War Liang Menglong, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment Shuhua, Minister of the Ministry of Industry Yang Zhao, Zuo Duyu Shi Zhaojin.

Among them, Yang Wei, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, was originally a "person without party affiliation", neither a school of thought nor a school of practice, but he had served in Xuanda, Shanxi and Shaanxi for a long time, and had a close friendship with Zhang Siwei.But now that Zhang Siwei is leaving Ding You, whether Yang Wei's attitude and position will change, Gao Pragmatic is actually not very sure.

There is no need to introduce Shen Li, Shangshu of Hubu, he is Gao Gong's disciple.Because Xu Guo entered the cabinet first because he was older, his chance of joining the cabinet has been delayed until now.However, the position of Hubu Shangshu has become more and more important after the reform of the Practical School. Now that he is Hubu Shangshu, theoretically speaking, he is getting closer and closer to the position of Ge Lao.

There is no need to introduce Pan Sheng, Minister of the Ministry of Rites. This old man was born in the 12th year of Zhengde (1517). He is only six years younger than Guo Pu. This year he is 67 years old.But this is not a big deal. Judging from the current situation, he may continue to work for another three years, and then retire with honor.

His real problem is also similar to that of Yang Wei. He has no party or affiliation. When the real school was strong, he basically listened to the words of the chief assistant of the real school. Now that the chief assistant of the real school unexpectedly resigns, will his attitude and position change? It became the place that Gao Yushi and others paid the most attention to.

Minister of the Ministry of War Liang Menglong does not need to be introduced, just skip it.

Shu Hua, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, was born in Jiangxi. He grew up with his father in Zhejiang and other places when he was young. He was a Jinshi in the 38th year of Jiajing.In the year of Longqing, he was in charge of the criminal department, and he undoubtedly stood in Xu Jie's position in the "Emperor's Last Edict Incident" and opposed Gao Gong's release of Wang Jin and others.

This incident has been briefly introduced in this book, so I won't repeat it here.In short, the result was that Gao Gong was transferred from the capital, but he was not relegated to use, but was appointed to participate in politics in Shaanxi—and even promoted (historical facts).Later, when Guo Pu was in power, because of Shu Hua's outstanding performance outside, he was transferred back to the capital and served as a servant in the Ministry of Punishment.Since Shu Hua is very strict in enforcing the law, he even went all the way to become Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. This can be regarded as a major performance of Guo Pu's meritocracy in power. As long as there is no conflict in major matters, he will not deliberately suppress it.

Of course, the high pragmatism of "excessive calculation" is not as kind as Guo Pu's. He always remembers that Shu Hua is a person of the same line of thought and learning, but he is more straightforward and stricter in law enforcement.Whether there will be conflicts between the two parties in the future, Gao Pragmatic is not sure, so he is always prepared psychologically.

Yang Zhao, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, was born in Shaanxi and was a Jinshi in the 35th year of Jiajing.This man once served as Governor of Jiliao and Shangshu of the Ministry of War in Nanjing.He was originally not from the Real School, but more like a person without party affiliation, but later he became friends with Zhang Siwei, and his Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing was won by Zhang Siwei during Guo Pu's administration.Later, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry was also called by Zhang Siwei, so... At least it is considered to be half of the real school.

As for Zhao Jin, the censor of Zuodu, he was from Yuyao, Zhejiang, and he was a famous Wang Xuemen.But he, Wang Xuemen, is not purely a talker, he has done some things.

For example, he had impeached Yan Song in his early years, and his criticisms were so fierce in his essays that Jiajing Lanshu was furious, saying that he "deceived the sky and slandered the emperor", was sentenced to prison and tortured, and finally he was severely punished for forty years and denounced as the people.

Zhao Jin stayed at home for 15 years, came to the throne of Muzong, and was appointed an official by Xu Jie.Promoted Taichang Shaoqing, did not go up, entered Guangluqing.In the first year of Longqing, the right deputy capital censor was the governor of Guizhou, and he captured the rebel Miao Longde and others.After the event, he went to Beijing as Dali Qing, the left and right ministers of the Ministry of calendar and industry.In the second year of Wanli, he moved to Nanjing Youdu Yushi, and after a period of time, he was changed to Minister of the Ministry of punishment.

After that, he worked in circles in the Six Ministries of Nanjing until Guo Pu and Zhang Siwei handed over power. Under the mediation of Shen Shixing, he was transferred back to the capital to serve as the censor of Zuodu.

So to put it simply, he should be Shen Shihang's right-hand man now.

From such a row, it can be seen that the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of War are controlled by the Practical School, and the Ministry of Industry can also basically master it; It is regarded as the headquarters of the Xin school, which is equivalent to the nature of the household department and military department in the hands of the real school.

Gao Yushi sat in the duty room of his military department and thought about it, and suddenly found that this situation is quite interesting: the school of practicality likes to have the power to "do things", while the school of mind is more willing to control the power of supervision and judgment.

Also, how dangerous it is to do things. If one is not done well, it may make mistakes in decision-making and poor handling, and the result will be burnt and take political risks.

It’s much easier to supervise. If I think you don’t like it, I will scold you. Not only do I have a reason to scold, the key is that I can “create” a reason to scold you if there is no reason.If the scolding is still not resolved, I can still investigate, and after the investigation, I will still be in charge of judging—this is simply too cool.

Thanks to the fact that Shoufu has always been a member of the practical school these years, the emperor also tends to be on the side of practical school, otherwise there will be big troubles.

Gao Wushi is very aware of the troubles at hand: this time, although uncle Ding You took some temporary remedial measures before the head, making the number of practical school ministers in the cabinet preponderant, in fact, this is only a temporary solution, not a permanent solution, because A fundamental disadvantage cannot be alleviated by this.

That is Shousuke.

Shoufu is no longer a member of the Real School, but replaced by Shen Shihang.

Although everyone is a cabinet minister, in fact, the importance of the first assistant, the second assistant and the group assistant is quite different.To give an inappropriate example: Gao Yu may remember who the prime minister of a foreign country is in future generations, but he probably doesn’t remember any of the prime minister’s cabinet colleagues.

Why?Because there will always be one person who "takes overall responsibility"!This is the so-called "Zong Kui" in Chinese history, which is also the name of the prime minister.And the first assistant is the prime minister who does not have the name of prime minister, and is the only person below the emperor who "takes overall responsibility".

Not every capital assistant is like Li Chunfang, and not every second assistant is like Gao Gong back then.The reason why Gao Gong was able to serve as the second assistant in the Longqing Dynasty, and the first assistant was the fact that his holy family was unparalleled, and the second was that Li Chunfang's personality was too soft.

However, in the current situation, Shen Shixing's personality is different from Li Chunfang's. Shen Shixing is actually soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and he is a man with means, almost a copy of Xu Jie in the past.

As for the holy family, the situation is even worse, because Xu Guo's holy family may not be as good as Shen Shixing - when Zhu Yijun was the prince, Gao Gong and Zhu Xizhong were two ministers who "know the prince's banquet" , but it is Shen Shixing who actually acts as the "teacher in charge" in the "Tongzhi Prince Jing Banquet".

From this point of view, there is only one person who can really wrestle with Shen Shixing on the holy family, and that is his high pragmatism.Others, even the old Hanlin who had served as the prince's lecturers at that time, had to rely on them, including Xu Guo.

This is a bit embarrassing, because although Gao Yushi is worthy of Shen Shihang in the holy family, he is not a cabinet minister after all, and he cannot compete with Shen Shihang on the same battlefield-I discuss cabinet affairs in the cabinet, you Gao Can people come in?Did I invite you to attend, or did I invite you to attend?

Therefore, the disparity in status makes it impossible for Gao Yushi to "reach out" any potential disputes in the cabinet. At most, he can only go to the emperor before and after the fact. What if you feel inconvenient?

What's more, the holy family is a kind of thing that is mostly maintained by feelings. If Gao Wushi always goes to the emperor to solve it, will the emperor feel bored sooner or later?This is also something that has to be considered.

Similarly, this is the main reason why Gao Yushi has long been obsessed with helping the emperor solve troubles instead of causing troubles for the emperor.

The holy family must be maintained for a long time. If not, no matter how powerful the holy family is, it will eventually decay until it disappears.

To maintain the holy family, the most important point is naturally to do one's own job well first.Gao Wuzhen's current job is the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War and Assistant Manager of the Jingying Military Administration. This job is as simple as it is simple, as difficult as it is difficult.

If you want to be simpler, Gao Pragmatic can find a way from the nobles, carefully select and gather a team to perform well for a period of time.There is no need to ask them to really be able to fight, as long as they train their formation more neatly, they can create a seemingly mighty and majestic parade, and this matter can be fooled away.

At that time, Zhu Yijun will be invited to participate in the grand parade in person. Anyway, the emperor doesn't know how to lead troops. Seeing that the troops under the parade seem to be neat and energetic, he should naturally be happy.

However, the effect of this kind of work obviously cannot satisfy Gao Yushi himself-what's the use of this group of people who look like me?Doing this is nothing more than expanding the scale of the big Han generals in the palace. It should be a waste or a waste!

Yes, generally speaking, the Beijing camp does not need to go to war anyway, and the foreign wars are basically all fought by the frontier army.

But the current situation is different from the Wanli Dynasty in the original history!Once Daming has gathered enough money, food and supplies, it is possible to launch a final blow against the left-wing Mongolia at any time.But the emperor trusted him very much. If the time comes, he suddenly says: Since the Beijing camp has been cleaned up, the Beijing camp will be the main force in this battle.

At that time, wouldn't he be highly pragmatic and want to sit on wax, where should he cry?
Therefore, the issue of the Beijing camp's military administration should not be just a paper poster, that is useless, and it will be exposed if it rains accidentally.I can only be a mason honestly. If the wall is rotten, I will build the wall, and the tiles will not be paved.

As for whether there is a problem with the foundation of this house... It's not something he can handle as a military servant. If he doesn't go to a higher position, it's okay to think about this kind of thing in a dream, and there's no need to even open his mouth.

Since the military administration of the Beijing camp needs to be sorted out, it is of course very difficult not to mention the basic issue of the military system, but no matter how difficult it is, it has to be done, and it has to be figured out.But where to start?

In the past half a month, although Gao Yushi just read the files and did not express his opinion, he did not think about it. After analyzing the various materials of the Ministry of War, he felt that with his current power, he could grasp the "most fundamental" problem. Just people.

People are soldiers, registered military households and soldiers.

Now how many military households are there in the Beijing camp, how many of them are registered soldiers, and how many soldiers can actually be in place? The month looks beautiful, but it cannot become a reality at all.

Gao Wushi called a Yuanwailang and said, "Go and inform the governors of the five armies' governor's mansion, and say that I, Gongbao, will go to the governor's mansion tomorrow to pay a visit. All governors must come to the Yamen."
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