Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1403 Connecting Inside and Outside

Consolidating the financial power of various ministries into one, this kind of big move is obviously not easy to negotiate. In addition to the national important ministers of the capital and all the capital officials who have to express their opinions, Nanjing officials and local officials obviously also need to make their voices heard.When all the opinions are gathered in Qianqing Palace, the final decision will be made by the emperor.

This obviously takes a while to ferment, so some people who oppose it will have time to find reasons or think of ways.

On this day, in a grand mansion located in the northwest of Chengshou Temple and the southeast of Chengshou Temple, there were three people who were trying to find a way.

This mansion has recently changed its owner. The former owner's original surname was Xu, Xu of Xu Jie.Later, the house was changed to Liu, Liu Shouyou's Liu.Later, it was confiscated and confiscated by the palace, so it stands to reason that his surname is Zhu.

However, after a period of time, the surname of this house was changed for some unknown reason. It is said that it was because the palace felt that the house was useless, and the proceeds from the sale went into internal funds, so the house was named Zhang.

It's not Zhang Juzheng's Zhang, nor Zhang Jing's Zhang, but Zhang Cheng's Zhang.

Since Zhang Jing left, Zhang Cheng has been the No. [-] figure in the palace. This sentence is actually a bit problematic. In fact, Zhang Cheng was also ahead of Zhang Jing when the palace was formally discussing the ranking earlier, but Zhang Jing Domineering, his arrogance usually looks higher, so many outsiders who don't know the inside story think that Zhang Jing is higher than Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng witnessed Zhang Jing's defeat with his own eyes. Although there were still a few minor questions that he hadn't fully clarified, he still had some inferences about where the problem was.After all, Zhang Jing underestimated Gao Yushi, not only underestimated the importance of Gao Yushi in the eyes of the emperor, but also underestimated Gao Yushi's strength in the palace.

Zhang Cheng feels that the key to Gao Wu's strength in the palace lies in three people: one is Huang Mengyu, the other is Chen Ju, and the third is Princess Yongning.

These three people are all people who have great influence on the emperor, the first two are the emperor's cronies, and the latter is the emperor's younger sister.If these three people were always by the emperor's side, it would be very difficult for Zhang Cheng to go further.

Perhaps Princess Yongning doesn't care whether Zhang Cheng is progressing or regressing, but as one of the chief inspectors, Zhang Cheng is the third most powerful force different from Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju, and Huang and Chen will definitely not allow it. He continued to grow bigger, because in that case, it meant that one of the two of them would lose power.

Therefore, the difficulty of progress lies in getting rid of Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju, but the more difficult point is that Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju are both highly pragmatic allies. When they are in a group, Zhang Chenggong can't find a way.Besides... Once Gao Yushi is offended, it is no different from offending Princess Yongning.

Since it was impossible to fight alone, Zhang Cheng began to look for allies.At first he thought of Shen Shixing and Yu Youding, but later Shen Shixing was indecisive and said that he would stumbling Gao Pragmatically after he went to the expedition, but in the end he didn't follow through; although Yu Youding was more courageous, it was a pity that he died unluckily too early.

In short, the "union" that time was not to say that it died on paper, at least it was not implemented in real terms. According to Shen Shixing, it was "waiting for the opportunity", and according to Zhang Cheng's view, it was no longer possible.

So after that, Zhang Cheng turned his eyes back to the palace again, looking for new allies—or backers.

There are actually only a few people with real status in the palace. Although the status of the empress dowagers of the two palaces is respected, they have basically left the court's sight now, and their influence cannot go beyond the Forbidden City.

The queen's status is not bad, but it's a pity that this lady is too strict, Zhang Cheng thinks it's useless to rely on her, if something happens to him, she might be the first to stand up and punish, then it's better not to Lean over.

If Zhang Cheng had the demeanor of Zhang Juzheng burning cold stoves back then, he might choose Concubine Wang Gong at this moment. After all, there is no more pragmatic and hostile force in the outer court than the School of Mind, and the School of Mind pushes Concubine Wang's son Zhu Changluo as the crown prince.

It's a pity that Zhang Cheng doesn't like to burn cold stoves. He feels that Concubine Wang Gong can't speak in front of the emperor. Relying on her is no different from relegating himself to the cold palace.

In terms of favor, the emperor's favorite woman must be Concubine Zheng Huang, so Zhang Cheng decided to take refuge in Concubine Zheng's family.

This decision seems to be quite correct, because after being reprimanded by the emperor for her high pragmatism last time, Zheng Huangguifei decided not to compare her importance with high pragmatism on the one hand, and on the other hand, she also secretly reflected, and finally thought that she still could not rely on her personal sainthood alone. The relatives remain low.

Even if this holy family can't be weakened, he still needs to find ways to continue to expand the favor in the emperor's mind, and this requires someone to help.

Zhang Cheng, as one of the chief clerks of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, is not the well-known "high party" like Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju, so he is naturally an excellent target for Zheng Huangguifei to win over.

Naturally, they hit it off right now, Zhang Cheng had a backer, and Concubine Zheng Huang had a helper.

At this point, the matter should have come to an end, but Zhang Cheng suddenly found that he seemed to have other more important roles, such as... serving as a bridge between Imperial Concubine Zheng and the Heart School.

This idea sounds very nonsense at first glance: the prince that the Heart School wants to push is Zhu Changluo, the son of Concubine Wang Gong, and the prince that Imperial Concubine Zheng wants to push is naturally her own son Zhu Changxun.

But Zhang Cheng does not see it that way. He believes that the two parties have something in common, and the common point is that their views are different from Gao Pragmatic.

What Gao Pragmatically advocates is to wait until the queen has a son-in-law, then there is no need for these arguments to continue.

In other words, Gao Wushi neither supported Zhu Changluo nor Zhu Changxun.He is not only the opponent of the Heart School, but also the opponent of Zheng Huangguifei.

After Zhang Cheng thought about it, it was absolutely impossible to persuade Concubine Zheng Huang to agree to make Zhu Changluo the crown prince. This woman was loved by the emperor so much that she would never give up the chance of making her son emperor, so there was no possibility of compromise on her side.

If there is a compromise, Zhang Cheng thinks that the Heart School can compromise. At the very least...Zhu Changluo is not their son. Asian father.

Therefore, Zhang Cheng believes that if you want to fight against Gao Pragmatism, and then keep Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju going, the most critical alliance of forces is the alliance between the Mind School and Zheng Huangguifei.As for him, Zhang Dadang, that is of course the best glue.

Connecting inside and outside, who else can I!

So today Zhang Cheng sent someone to quietly send an invitation card, inviting Bachelor Shen and University Wang to come to his outer house for a talk.

Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue came as scheduled, but they looked very serious, and there was not much intimacy when they met Zhang Cheng.

Wang Xijue is not familiar with Zhang Cheng, they only met a few times in the past when they were lecturers, and they didn't even have a few words.

Shen Shixing's intimacy, but Zhang Cheng felt that it was probably done on purpose.After all, although the relationship between the two of them turned cold some time ago, it was because of a deviation of opinion on dealing with high-level practical issues. In fact, the two of them did not tear each other apart at all, and they were still allies in theory.

As for why it was done deliberately, it must be because of Wang Xijue.Wang Xijue is a person who values ​​face very much, and he has always been honest about eunuchs like Zhang Cheng. Shen Shixing may have been looked down upon by Wang Xijue, which is why he behaved like this.

Zhang Cheng wanted to understand this, and he inevitably felt a little uncomfortable, but when he thought of his purpose, he calmed down, buried this dissatisfaction in his heart, and put a smile on his face.

After a while of innocuous politeness, Zhang Cheng quietly brought the conversation into the main topic. He asked Shen Shixing, "I heard that Gao Situ has been doing a lot lately. Do you agree with the actions?"

Shen Shixing didn't show any expression, and his tone was dry: "Gao Rixin is the Secretary of the Ministry of Accounting. If he wants to talk about the Ministry of Accounting, no one in the world can stop him."

Zhang Cheng was not angry, but asked Wang Xijue with a smile: "Wang Ge is always in charge of the Ministry of Industry in the cabinet. Could it be that he also agrees that Gao Situ took over the power of the Ministry of Industry?"

Wang Xijue said indifferently: "If I really want to oppose any government affairs, I don't care about the Ministry of Industry."

Zhang Cheng smiled and said: "So, Wang Ge always has no objection?"

Wang Xijue was silent for a while, and finally couldn't help but snorted softly, saying: "Gao Rixin wants to take the wealth and power of the world into one hand, and I am naturally opposed to this matter."

Zhang Cheng then asked, "Why did Mr. Wang Ge object?"

Wang Xijue frowned and said, "Why is this worth asking? The various ministries with scattered financial power, even if there is a loss in the ministry, the damage is only one side. If the military department is short-lived and wars break out again, it can still be paid to the household department; the household department is also short-lived. Then you can also rely on the internal funds. If the ministries have no financial rights, once the household department runs out of money, wouldn’t it mean that the government will be ruined? At that time, everything in the world will be supported by the internal funds. I don’t know if the emperor’s internal funds will be so abundant?"

Zhang Cheng nodded repeatedly while listening, and when Wang Xijue finished speaking, he even boasted loudly: "You are so honest! Mr. Wang Ge's words are really old-fashioned, our family is really enlightened."

Then he frowned fiercely: "But even so...with Gao Situ's holy family and the power of the Real School, if the princes of the court cannot refute it with one mind, I am afraid that the emperor...it will be difficult to refuse the proposal of this classmate and important minister. .”

This is a completely correct nonsense, so although Wang Xijue snorted softly, he didn't say anything.

Or is Shen Shixing able to bend and stretch, put up the airs to be the first assistant, and put down the airs to be a flatterer, so he immediately asked: "Mr. Zhang seems to have a high opinion, why don't you talk about it?"

Zhang Cheng smiled: "How can I have any high opinion? But I think that although the practical learning is powerful, it can't beat the heart learning. The reason why the two elders are helpless at this time is that there is no powerful support in the palace, so it is difficult to directly Influence the emperor's mind."

Good guy, this is also a completely correct piece of nonsense, so before Shen Shixing opened his mouth, Wang Xijue couldn't help but tease him, and smiled at Zhang Cheng: "Could it be that Mr. Zhang means that you will be the Olympic aid?"

Wang Xijue is really arrogant and has a tough temper. It would be fine if he didn't have the teasing expression on his face when he said this, but with this expression it becomes a sarcasm, which means: You are also worthy of being a high-level pragmatist in the palace. Opponent?

Zhang Cheng's temples twitched twice, and he almost couldn't help being ironic, but after all, the desire for "progress" was greater than everything else, so he actually held back, but his smile restrained, and he said flatly: "Our family is naturally not good enough. A little bit, but not everyone in the palace has such ability."

Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue looked at each other, both puzzled.The two veterans in the officialdom, the two of them, reacted quickly enough to this kind of thing, and they had already checked the important figures in the palace in the time they looked at each other, but they thought it was impossible.

There are very few people in the palace who can influence the emperor under the "shadow" of high pragmatism:

The empress dowagers of the two palaces can be counted.Regardless of whether the emperor is close to them or not, these two are his aunts and biological mothers. In the Ming Dynasty, a country where filial piety is paramount, as long as the two empress dowagers are determined to ask the emperor not to listen to Gao Yushi's nonsense about collecting all the wealth and power of the world Even if the emperor is moved by Gao Yushi's words, it's useless, at least he has to give the queen mothers of the two palaces a face.

However, the problem is that the two palaces will definitely not do this: Empress Dowager Chen is notorious for treating Gao Yushi as a minister left by the late emperor Mu Temple to the emperor, and she herself does not interfere in government affairs. It is completely impossible to expect her to object to even a single, slight opinion.

Empress Dowager Li had several opinions on Gao Yushi, but it was proved to be her fault afterwards, either because she misunderstood, or she was deceived, and she even lost face because of it, and finally had to let the emperor take charge.In this case, it is almost impossible to expect her to jump out again.

After all, after she let go, the emperor has won many victories and played national prestige several times.As long as she is not completely old-fashioned, it is impossible for her to humiliate herself—see what she said, the Empress Dowager Li is actually only forty years old now, how can she be old-fashioned?

After that is the Queen... Forget it, let's not talk about it.She is not only a highly pragmatic object of support, she is also a model herself, and it is absolutely impossible for her to take the initiative to intervene in politics.

Below the queen is the imperial concubine, but this is even more impossible.For Imperial Concubine Zheng, what Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue are going to do now is to "snatch the throne that belongs to my son".

After Zheng Huang Guifei, who else has enough influence on the emperor?Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju may have a little more, but that is probably unrealistic. These two were promoted by Gao Yushi, and they have been Gao Yushi's hard-core allies for many years. How could a good-natured person betray Gao Yushi?
After that...it seems to be gone?Could it be that Zhang Cheng said Wang Gongfei?
Forget it, if Concubine Wang Gong can save her own life in the palace, even if the Bodhisattva's eyes are opened, how can she influence the emperor!If she had this ability, Zhu Changluo would already be his mother's crown prince now.

At this time, Zhang Cheng looked at the two elders who were full of suspicion, Shi Shiran smiled and said: "You two don't have to guess anymore, our family is talking about Zheng Huang Guifei."
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